Durga Pujaदुर्गा पूजा

Columbus · Friday, 16 October 2026

The day, hour by hour

1. Durga Shashthi

   7:44 AM – 1:17 PM

   Shashthi's forenoon belongs to the mothers: Ma Shashthi's puja at the ghat, the fan and the ghat water, and a turmeric thread on each child's wrist, before the one keeping the vrat eats.

2. Bodhan

   6:51 PM – 9:25 PM

   Durga Maa is awakened under the bel on Shashthi evening, before Her season, and invited to stay in the house.

3. Morning puja

   7:45 AM – 1:17 PMSaturday, 17 October

   Saptami, Ashtami and Navami each open with the day's own puja, the Chandi and the Pushpanjali, kept before midday, when the Maha Bhog is offered.

4. Nabapatrika Snan

   7:45 AM – 9:15 AMSaturday, 17 October

   The nine plants are bathed in the river at dawn on Saptami and brought in as the Kola Bou.

5. Sandhya aarti

   6:49 PM – 9:24 PMSaturday, 17 October

   Each evening from Saptami to Navami: the aarti with the dhak, the conch and the bell, and in a Bengali house the Dhuno Porano.

6. Morning puja

   7:46 AM – 1:17 PMSunday, 18 October

   Saptami, Ashtami and Navami each open with the day's own puja, the Chandi and the Pushpanjali, kept before midday, when the Maha Bhog is offered.

7. Sandhya aarti

   6:48 PM – 9:23 PMSunday, 18 October

   Each evening from Saptami to Navami: the aarti with the dhak, the conch and the bell, and in a Bengali house the Dhuno Porano.

8. Sandhi Puja

   12:58 AM – 1:46 AMMonday, 19 October

   The forty-eight minutes across the joint of Ashtami and Navami: the Devi turns to Chamunda, and a hundred and eight diyas and a hundred and eight lotuses are offered in them.

9. Morning puja

   7:47 AM – 1:17 PMMonday, 19 October

   Saptami, Ashtami and Navami each open with the day's own puja, the Chandi and the Pushpanjali, kept before midday, when the Maha Bhog is offered.

10. Sandhya aarti

    6:46 PM – 9:23 PMMonday, 19 October

    Each evening from Saptami to Navami: the aarti with the dhak, the conch and the bell, and in a Bengali house the Dhuno Porano.

11. Visarjan

    2:22 PM – 6:45 PMTuesday, 20 October

    Dashami: first the mirror, then sweets and sindoor offered to Maa, and then Maa is carried to the water and given to it gently.

Times for Columbus, OH in EDT, UTC−4, rounded to the minute, computed by Kalava's engine for this town's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise. How