Festival calendar
Durga Ashtami 2024
11 Oct 2024Friday · Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ashwinashukla · Tithi 8
the eighth night. Kept at sunrise, unlike the ninth and tenth, which are afternoon rites - so Ashtami and Navami land on the same day in some years and consecutive days in others
| Dated by | sunrise |
|---|---|
| Lunar month (ending at new moon, amanta) | Ashwina |
| Lunar month (ending at full moon, purnimanta) | Ashwina |
| Where it is kept | all India |
Why this date
Ashwina Shukla Ashtami runs from 10 Oct 2024 12:32 to 11 Oct 2024 12:07 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
The festival is kept on the first day on which this tithi is running at sunrise. Here is that moment on the day before, the day itself and the day after:
- 10 Oct 2024 · sunrise at 05:54: the tithi had not begun
- 11 Oct 2024 · sunrise at 05:54: the tithi is running - this is the day
- 12 Oct 2024 · sunrise at 05:55: the tithi was already over
Dates and times are for Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Another town can differ by a day when a tithi changes close to sunrise. You can change the place above.
Also in this lunar month
- Sharad Navaratri begins · 03 Oct 2024
- Maha Navami · 11 Oct 2024
- Vijayadashami / Dussehra · 12 Oct 2024
- Sharad Purnima · 17 Oct 2024
- Karva Chauth · 20 Oct 2024
- Ahoi Ashtami · 24 Oct 2024
- Dhanteras · 29 Oct 2024
- Naraka Chaturdashi / Choti Diwali · 31 Oct 2024
- Diwali / Lakshmi Puja · 31 Oct 2024