Sharad Navratri 2026शारदीय नवरात्रि

New Delhi · Sunday, 11 October 2026

The day, hour by hour

1. Vrat begins

   6:19 AM

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

2. Ghatasthapana

   6:19 AM – 10:12 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

   6:19 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

   11:45 AM – 12:31 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

   5:56 PM – 8:25 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

   6:20 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

   5:55 PM – 8:24 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

   6:21 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

   5:54 PM – 8:23 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

    6:21 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

    5:53 PM – 8:23 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

    6:22 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

    5:52 PM – 8:22 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

    6:22 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

    5:51 PM – 8:21 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

    6:23 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

    5:50 PM – 8:20 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

    6:24 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

    5:49 PM – 8:20 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

    6:24 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. The evening aarti

    5:48 PM – 8:19 PMMonday, 19 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.

22. The morning puja

    6:25 AMTuesday, 20 October

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

23. Parana

    12:51 PMTuesday, 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.

Times for New Delhi in IST, UTC+5:30, rounded to the minute, computed by Kalava's engine for this town's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise. How