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Ashwin · Shukla Pratipada · Durga Maa

Sharad Navratri 2026शारदीय नवरात्रि

Sharad Navratri 2026 runs from Sunday, 11 October to Monday, 19 October 2026 in Naperville, IL, and Ghatasthapana: 7:00 AM–10:46 AM CDT, UTC−5.

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Naperville · Sunday, 11 October 2026

The day, hour by hour

  1. Vrat begins

    7:00 AM

    From sunrise on the first morning, for the days the house has chosen to keep it.

  2. Ghatasthapana

    7:00 AM – 10:46 AM

    The kalash is set in the first third of the day while Pratipada holds. The panchang advises keeping clear of Chitra nakshatra and Vaidhriti yoga where you can, but does not forbid them: when they hold all morning, this window still stands.

  3. The morning puja

    7:00 AM

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  4. Ghatasthapana · Abhijit

    12:16 PM – 1:02 PM

    If the morning window is missed, the kalash is set in Abhijit muhurat, the forty-eight minutes round midday — never in the afternoon or at night.

  5. The evening aarti

    6:17 PM – 8:50 PM

    Sunset and the hour after it: the diya at Her place and the aarti — in Gujarat the garbo and garba, in a kolu house the kuthuvilakku, sundal and tambulam.

  6. The morning puja

    7:02 AMMonday, 12 October

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  7. The evening aarti

    6:16 PM – 8:49 PMMonday, 12 October

    Sunset and the hour after it: the diya at Her place and the aarti — in Gujarat the garbo and garba, in a kolu house the kuthuvilakku, sundal and tambulam.

  8. The morning puja

    7:03 AMTuesday, 13 October

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  9. The evening aarti

    6:14 PM – 8:48 PMTuesday, 13 October

    Sunset and the hour after it: the diya at Her place and the aarti — in Gujarat the garbo and garba, in a kolu house the kuthuvilakku, sundal and tambulam.

  10. The morning puja

    7:04 AMWednesday, 14 October

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  11. The evening aarti

    6:13 PM – 8:47 PMWednesday, 14 October

    Sunset and the hour after it: the diya at Her place and the aarti — in Gujarat the garbo and garba, in a kolu house the kuthuvilakku, sundal and tambulam.

  12. The morning puja

    7:05 AMThursday, 15 October

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  13. The evening aarti

    6:11 PM – 8:46 PMThursday, 15 October

    Sunset and the hour after it: the diya at Her place and the aarti — in Gujarat the garbo and garba, in a kolu house the kuthuvilakku, sundal and tambulam.

  14. The morning puja

    7:06 AMFriday, 16 October

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  15. The evening aarti

    6:10 PM – 8:45 PMFriday, 16 October

    Sunset and the hour after it: the diya at Her place and the aarti — in Gujarat the garbo and garba, in a kolu house the kuthuvilakku, sundal and tambulam.

  16. The morning puja

    7:07 AMSaturday, 17 October

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  17. The evening aarti

    6:08 PM – 8:44 PMSaturday, 17 October

    Sunset and the hour after it: the diya at Her place and the aarti — in Gujarat the garbo and garba, in a kolu house the kuthuvilakku, sundal and tambulam.

  18. The morning puja

    7:08 AMSunday, 18 October

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  19. The evening aarti

    6:06 PM – 8:43 PMSunday, 18 October

    Sunset and the hour after it: the diya at Her place and the aarti — in Gujarat the garbo and garba, in a kolu house the kuthuvilakku, sundal and tambulam.

  20. The morning puja

    7:10 AMMonday, 19 October

    Each morning after the bath: the day's form of the Devi and Her puja. No hour is fixed beyond the morning.

  21. Parana

    2:21 AMTuesday, 20 October

    The vrat of the nine days is opened on Dashami, once Navami has ended: first the Devi's prasad, and never with onion or garlic.

Day 1 · 11 Oct · OrangeDay 2 · 12 Oct · WhiteDay 3 · 13 Oct · RedDay 4 · 14 Oct · Royal blueDay 5 · 15 Oct · YellowDay 6 · 16 Oct · GreenDay 7 · 17 Oct · GreyDay 8 · 18 Oct · PurpleDay 9 · 19 Oct · Peacock green

Times for Naperville, IL in CDT, UTC−5, rounded to the minute, computed by Kalava's engine for this town's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise. How

Nine nights of the Devi, one of Her forms given puja on each — from Shailaputri to Siddhidatri. The kalash is set on the first morning and the vrat is kept as the house chooses, and where a family has taken the sankalp, an akhand jyoti burns through all nine.

The vrat

Kept as the house chooses: all nine days, until the kanyas have eaten, one meal a day, three days, or the first and the last. Whoever keeps the nine days keeps brahmacharya, and does not cut hair or nails.

Every town is its own sunrise

Sharad Navratri 2026 in other towns

Highlighted rows keep the day on another date than India. Tap a town for its full day.

TownDateGhatasthapana
Delhi11 Oct–20 Oct6:19 AM–10:12 AM
Mumbai11 Oct–20 Oct6:31 AM–10:27 AM
Kolkata11 Oct–20 Oct5:31 AM–9:26 AM
Chennai11 Oct–20 Oct5:59 AM–9:57 AM
Bengaluru11 Oct–20 Oct6:09 AM–10:07 AM
Hyderabad11 Oct–20 Oct6:08 AM–10:05 AM
Ahmedabad11 Oct–20 Oct6:35 AM–10:29 AM
Jaipur11 Oct–20 Oct6:24 AM–10:17 AM
Lucknow11 Oct–20 Oct6:03 AM–9:56 AM
Patna11 Oct–20 Oct5:46 AM–9:39 AM
Abroad
Naperville US11 Oct–19 Oct7:00 AM–10:46 AM
London GB11 Oct–19 Oct7:18 AM–10:57 AM
Leicester GB11 Oct–19 Oct7:23 AM–11:02 AM
Birmingham GB11 Oct–19 Oct7:26 AM–11:05 AM
New York US11 Oct–19 Oct7:03 AM–10:49 AM
Edison US11 Oct–19 Oct7:04 AM–10:51 AM
Jersey City US11 Oct–19 Oct7:03 AM–10:49 AM
Chicago US11 Oct–19 Oct6:58 AM–10:44 AM
Houston US11 Oct–19 Oct7:21 AM–11:02 AM
Dallas US11 Oct–19 Oct7:28 AM–11:02 AM
San Francisco US11 Oct–19 Oct7:14 AM–9:02 AM
San Jose US11 Oct–19 Oct7:12 AM–9:02 AM
Los Angeles US11 Oct–19 Oct6:55 AM–9:02 AM
Atlanta US11 Oct–19 Oct7:39 AM–11:29 AM
Washington, DC US11 Oct–19 Oct7:14 AM–11:01 AM
Boston US11 Oct–19 Oct6:53 AM–10:38 AM
Seattle US11 Oct–19 Oct7:23 AM–9:02 AM
Toronto CA11 Oct–19 Oct7:27 AM–11:12 AM
Brampton CA11 Oct–19 Oct7:29 AM–11:13 AM
Vancouver CA11 Oct–19 Oct7:28 AM–9:02 AM
Sydney AU11 Oct–20 Oct6:19 AM–10:35 AM
Melbourne AU11 Oct–20 Oct6:41 AM–10:59 AM
Auckland NZ11 Oct–20 Oct6:43 AM–11:00 AM
Singapore SG11 Oct–20 Oct6:49 AM–10:51 AM
Kuala Lumpur MY11 Oct–20 Oct6:58 AM–10:59 AM
Dubai AE11 Oct–20 Oct6:15 AM–10:09 AM
Doha QA11 Oct–20 Oct5:30 AM–9:24 AM
Nairobi KE11 Oct–20 Oct6:16 AM–10:18 AM
Durban ZA11 Oct–20 Oct5:23 AM–9:36 AM
Port Louis MU11 Oct–20 Oct5:43 AM–9:52 AM

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How Sharad Navratri is kept

Katha

The Devi and Mahishasura, and Sumati's vrat

For a full hundred years the gods and the asuras were at war, Mahishasura at the head of the asuras and Indra at the head of the gods, and the gods were beaten.

Puja vidhi

89 steps, each drawn

The method at the day's own hours, every mantra with its meaning.

Samagri

30 things to set out

Every item pictured, a list to tick and send.

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The days around it

Durga AshtamiMahagauri's day: the kanyas fed, the Sandhi, and each region's own eighth-day puja.Maha NavamiSiddhidatri's day, and the havan that closes the nine nights.Vijayadashami · DussehraDussehra: the kalash lifted, the jaware given out, and the vrat opened with its parana.Lalita PanchamiLalita Devi's vrat in Marathi homes: the lid of a karanda as the Devi, and a night of katha.BathukammaTelangana's festival of flowers: the women stack a Bathukamma each evening and set it on the water.