Ashwin Shukla Pratipada to Navami (nine nights) · Deity: Durga (Navadurga)
Sunday, October 11, 2026
through Monday, October 19, 2026
Panchang that morning (IST): Shukla Pratipada tithi · Chitra pada 2 · Moon in Virgo
The autumn Navratri is the year’s grandest Goddess festival — nine nights of Durga’s nine forms, overlapping Bengal’s Durga Puja in its final days and culminating in Vijayadashami. Garba and dandiya raas turn Gujarat — and every diaspora city with a Gujarati community — into a nightly dance floor.
Ghatasthapana on day one, nightly garba/dandiya or Durga path depending on region, Saraswati and Ayudha puja near the end, Kanya Pujan on Ashtami or Navami, and Durga visarjan with Sindoor Khela closing the Puja.
Diaspora garba nights are among the largest Indian cultural events in the US and UK — tickets for weekend garba sell out weeks ahead; the puja calendar still follows the tithi.
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Rahu Kaal (avoid) |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | 6:19 AM | 5:56 PM | 4:28 PM – 5:56 PM |
| New York | 7:03 AM | 6:21 PM | 4:56 PM – 6:21 PM |
| Los Angeles | 6:55 AM | 6:23 PM | 4:57 PM – 6:23 PM |
| Chicago | 6:58 AM | 6:15 PM | 4:50 PM – 6:15 PM |
| London | 7:17 AM | 6:15 PM | 4:53 PM – 6:15 PM |
| Toronto | 7:27 AM | 6:40 PM | 5:16 PM – 6:40 PM |
Times computed astronomically for each city on Sunday, October 11, 2026. For today's full local almanac see panchang and Rahu Kaal by city.
Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Chaitra Navratri
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