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Shukla paksha · Ashwin · amanta reckoning
Fri, 8 Oct
Maha Navami 2027 is on Friday, 8 October. Sandhi Puja in New Delhi is 6:04 AM to 6:52 AM.
2028: Tuesday, 26 September 2028
Sandhi Puja
6:04 AM – 6:52 AM
Also called Durga Navami. Those are the same observance and the same date, so they share this page rather than competing with it from a second URL.
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Friday, 8 October 2027
| Timing | New Delhi | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sandhi Puja | 6:04 AM to 6:52 AM | The last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami, the junction at 6:28 AM. |
Maha Navami is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 9 of Ashwin in the amanta reckoning, and the Gregorian day it lands on moves by up to a month between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year.
Aparahna in New Delhi falls at 2:29 PM on that day, and that is the instant the tithi has to be running at for the day to carry the observance. It is computed for this city rather than assumed, because it is what decides the date.
The two instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute. The day is an interpretation of them: this observance is decided at aparahna, so it belongs to the day whose aparahna the tithi carries — not simply to the day the tithi begins.
Maha Navami, the ninth day of Sharad Navratri, is the day of Maa Siddhidatri, the Navratri havan and, in many homes, Kanya Pujan; in the south it is also Ayudha Puja and Saraswati Puja. Maha Navami 2027 is on Friday, 8 October 2027 in New Delhi. The morning havan window is 9 Oct, 6:17 AM to 9:02 AM, and the Sandhi Puja that opens Navami falls at 6:04 AM to 6:52 AM.
| Muhurat | Time in New Delhi | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct, 6:17 AM to 9:02 AMThe morning Navami holds at sunrise, from sunrise until Navami ends. | Pratahkal and sangava, the first two parts of the day, while Navami runs. This is the window for the Navratri havan that completes the nine days of worship, and for the Kanya Pujan in families that keep it on Navami. If Navami begins only later in the day, the window moves with it. | |
| Sandhi Puja | 6:04 AM to 6:52 AMThe last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami — one ghati either side of the moment Ashtami ends. | The last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami. Navami begins inside this window, so families who keep the Sandhi Puja light their lamps and chant through it before the Navami rites begin. |
| Sunrise | 6:17 AMThe upper edge of the Sun on the horizon, with refraction. | The start of the morning in which the havan is traditionally lit; bathe and set up before it if you can. |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:45 AM to 12:32 PMThe 8th of the day's fifteen muhurtas, around local noon. | The midday muhurta, the usual fallback for the havan or Kanya Pujan when the morning is lost. By convention there is no Abhijit Muhurat on a Wednesday. |
| Auspicious choghadiya (day) |
| The day's Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal choghadiyas; workshops and offices doing Ayudha or Vishwakarma-style tool puja on Navami often pick one. |
| Window | Time in New Delhi | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:45 AM to 12:32 PM | Auspicious |
| Amrit Kaal | 3:05 AM to 4:53 AM | Most Auspicious |
| Brahma Muhurat | 4:39 AM to 5:28 AM | Auspicious |
These are the spans classical muhurta sets aside for beginnings. They are descriptions of a convention, not warnings: the observance is kept on its day regardless, and nothing here needs to be bought, corrected or remedied.
| Window | Time in New Delhi |
|---|---|
| Rahu Kaal | 10:40 AM to 12:08 PM |
| Yamaganda Kaal | 3:04 PM to 4:32 PM |
| Durmuhurta First | 8:37 AM to 9:24 AM |
| Durmuhurta Second | 12:32 PM to 1:18 PM |
| Varjyam | 4:15 PM to 6:03 PM |
Every time above is computed for New Delhi around Friday, 8 October 2027, from the sunrise, sunset and the positions of the Sun and Moon for this city. The Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a window whose clock time falls after midnight still belongs to the evening before; a time on another date carries that date.
Bathe early and do the usual puja at the kalash with fresh flowers, roli, rice, a lamp and incense; top up the akhand jyoti if one is burning.
With water, rice and a flower in the right hand, state your name, the day and your intention: to worship Maa Siddhidatri, complete the Navratri with a havan and honour the Goddess in girls. Let the water fall at the base of the kalash.
Offer Maa Siddhidatri roli, rice, red flowers, a chunri and bhog — sesame sweets or the halwa-puri-chana prasad, as your family does. Recite her dhyana verse and chant 'Om Devi Siddhidatryai Namah' 108 times.
If you have been reading the Durga Saptashati through Navratri, finish it today; if not, read the Siddha Kunjika Stotram or the eleventh chapter, the hymn of praise to Narayani.
Place the havan kund on a layer of sand or bricks in a ventilated spot, facing east. Arrange mango wood with a little camphor, and keep ghee, havan samagri, a dry coconut, mauli, cloves and a bowl of water at hand. Sprinkle water around the kund and light the fire with camphor.
Offer the first ahutis to Ganesha and to Agni, then to the Goddess: say the Navarna mantra with 'svaha' at the end and offer a pinch of samagri with a little ghee each time — 108 times, or 11, 21 or 51 if time is short. Families with a priest may offer all 700 verses of the Durga Saptashati.
Fill the dry coconut with ghee and samagri, wrap it in mauli with a clove or two, and offer it into the fire standing, with the 'Om Purnamadah' verse. This completes the havan; then sprinkle water around the kund and pray for forgiveness for any mistakes.
Invite girls of about two to ten years (and a boy as Langur where that is the custom), wash their feet, seat them, apply tilak, tie mauli and serve halwa, puri and chana; give gifts and dakshina, touch their feet and see them off with respect.
Sing 'Jai Ambe Gauri' with camphor and a ghee lamp; take the havan's bhasma as a tilak if that is your custom, and share the prasad.
Offer the barley sprouts to the Goddess; the kalash itself is usually closed on Dashami morning, so leave it in place today.
Many families break the Navratri fast after the havan and Kanya Pujan; by the dharma texts the parana is on Dashami, after Navami has ended. Follow your family's custom and break it with a simple sattvik meal.
सिद्धगन्धर्वयक्षाद्यैरसुरैरमरैरपि ।
सेव्यमाना सदा भूयात् सिद्धिदा सिद्धिदायिनी ॥
Siddhagandharvayakshadyairasurairamarairapi, Sevyamana Sada Bhuyat Siddhida Siddhidayini
Meaning: Served always by siddhas, gandharvas, yakshas, by demons and gods alike — may she who grants perfection, the giver of siddhis, be gracious to us.
When and how: The traditional meditation verse for the ninth day: recite it before the Siddhidatri puja, once or eleven times.
ॐ देवी सिद्धिदात्र्यै नमः
Om Devi Siddhidatryai Namah
Meaning: Om, salutations to the Goddess Siddhidatri.
When and how: The short mantra of the day: 108 times on a mala, or with each offering.
ॐ ऐं ह्रीं क्लीं चामुण्डायै विच्चे
Om Aim Hrim Klim Chamundayai Vichche
Meaning: The nine-syllable mantra of the Goddess as Chamunda, with the seed syllables of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Kali.
When and how: In the havan, add 'svaha' at the end and offer samagri with ghee each time — 108 ahutis, or 11, 21 or 51.
जयन्ती मङ्गला काली भद्रकाली कपालिनी ।
दुर्गा क्षमा शिवा धात्री स्वाहा स्वधा नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
Jayanti Mangala Kali Bhadrakali Kapalini, Durga Kshama Shiva Dhatri Svaha Svadha Namostu Te
Meaning: Victorious, auspicious, Kali, Bhadrakali, bearer of the skull-bowl, Durga, forgiving, gracious, sustainer, Svaha and Svadha — salutations to you.
When and how: The first verse of the Argala Stotram, recited before the havan and while offering ahutis.
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
Om Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnatpurnamudachyate, Purnasya Purnamadaya Purnamevavashishyate
Meaning: That is whole, this is whole; from the whole the whole arises. Take the whole from the whole, and the whole remains.
When and how: The peace verse of the Isha and Brihadaranyaka Upanishads, said while offering the coconut as the final, complete ahuti.
जय अम्बे गौरी, मैया जय श्यामा गौरी।
तुमको निशदिन ध्यावत, हरि ब्रह्मा शिवरी॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
मांग सिंदूर विराजत, टीको मृगमद को।
उज्ज्वल से दोउ नैना, चंद्रवदन नीको॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
कनक समान कलेवर, रक्ताम्बर राजै।
रक्तपुष्प गल माला, कंठन पर साजै॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
केहरि वाहन राजत, खड्ग खप्पर धारी।
सुर-नर-मुनिजन सेवत, तिनके दुखहारी॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
कानन कुण्डल शोभित, नासाग्रे मोती।
कोटिक चंद्र दिवाकर, सम राजत ज्योती॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
शुंभ-निशुंभ बिदारे, महिषासुर घाती।
धूम्र विलोचन नैना, निशदिन मदमाती॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
चण्ड-मुण्ड संहारे, शोणित बीज हरे।
मधु-कैटभ दोउ मारे, सुर भयहीन करे॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
ब्रह्माणी, रुद्राणी, तुम कमला रानी।
आगम निगम बखानी, तुम शिव पटरानी॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
चौंसठ योगिनी मंगल गावत, नृत्य करत भैरों।
बाजत ताल मृदंगा, अरु बाजत डमरू॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
तुम ही जग की माता, तुम ही हो भरता।
भक्तन की दुख हरता, सुख संपति करता॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
भुजा चार अति शोभित, वर मुद्रा धारी।
मनवांछित फल पावत, सेवत नर नारी॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
कंचन थाल विराजत, अगर कपूर बाती।
श्रीमालकेतु में राजत, कोटि रतन ज्योती॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
श्री अंबेजी की आरति, जो कोइ नर गावे।
कहत शिवानंद स्वामी, सुख-संपति पावे॥
ॐ जय अम्बे गौरी॥
जय अम्बे गौरी, मैया जय श्यामा गौरी।
Jai Ambe Gauri, maiya jai Shyama Gauri.
Tumko nishdin dhyavat, Hari Brahma Shivri.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Maang sindoor virajat, tiko mrigmad ko.
Ujjwal se dou naina, chandravadan neeko.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Kanak saman kalevar, raktambar rajai.
Raktapushp gal mala, kanthan par sajai.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Kehari vahan rajat, khadag khappar dhari.
Sur-nar-munijan sevat, tinke dukhhari.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Kanan kundal shobhit, nasagre moti.
Kotik chandra divakar, sam rajat jyoti.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Shumbh-Nishumbh bidare, Mahishasur ghati.
Dhoomra vilochan naina, nishdin madmati.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Chand-Mund sanhare, Shonit Beej hare.
Madhu-Kaitabh dou mare, sur bhayheen kare.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Brahmani, Rudrani, tum Kamala rani.
Agam nigam bakhani, tum Shiv patrani.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Chaunsath yogini mangal gavat, nritya karat Bhairon.
Bajat taal mridanga, aru bajat damru.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Tum hi jag ki mata, tum hi ho bharta.
Bhaktan ki dukh harta, sukh sampati karta.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Bhuja char ati shobhit, var mudra dhari.
Manvanchhit phal pavat, sevat nar nari.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Kanchan thaal virajat, agar kapoor bati.
Shri Malketu mein rajat, koti ratan jyoti.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Shri Ambe ji ki aarti, jo koi nar gave.
Kahat Shivanand Swami, sukh-sampati pave.
Om jai Ambe Gauri.
Jai Ambe Gauri, maiya jai Shyama Gauri.
Text as it is commonly sung. The Gita Press Aarti Sangrah prints 'chaunsath yogini gavat' without 'mangal', 'nritya karat Bhairun' for 'Bhairon' and 'au bajat damru' for 'aru bajat damru'; the rest is the same. Printed text
Siddhidatri is the ninth of the nine forms of Durga, 'she who grants the siddhis', the perfections spoken of in yoga. In the popular telling, at the beginning of creation Shiva worshipped the primordial Goddess and received the siddhis through her grace; half of his body became hers, and he was known as Ardhanarishvara, half man and half woman.
She is pictured seated on a lotus, sometimes riding a lion, with four arms holding a discus, a conch, a mace and a lotus, and she is worshipped by gods, sages, siddhas and even demons alike — which is what her dhyana verse says. Worshipped last, she completes the journey of the nine nights, from Shailaputri, the daughter of the mountain, to the giver of perfection.
The havan of Navami closes the Devi Mahatmya's story too: the Goddess has defeated Mahishasura, Shumbha and Nishumbha, and the gods' hymn to Narayani in its eleventh chapter, from which the 'Sarva mangala' verse comes, is a thanksgiving. The fire carries the offerings of nine days back to her.
Maha Navami is the last day of Navratri worship. The havan closes the nine days, Siddhidatri is asked for the completion of what was begun, and in many homes the girls are honoured as the Goddess before the fast is broken.
In Bengal it is the last full day of Durga Puja, and 'Navami nishi', the night of Navami, is kept with the bittersweet feeling of the Goddess's coming departure. In the south the day belongs to Saraswati and to Ayudha Puja: books, instruments and tools are set before the Goddess and rested for the day. The Vijayanagara kings celebrated a grand Mahanavami festival, and the stone platform at Hampi called the Mahanavami Dibba was built for it.
Maha Navami is not Ram Navami. Ram Navami is the Navami of Chaitra, in March or April, Rama's birthday and the last day of Chaitra Navratri; Maha Navami is the Navami of Ashwin, in the autumn.
In the popular list of daily Navratri bhog, sesame belongs to Siddhidatri. Offering til laddus or sesame and jaggery, and sharing them as prasad, is a simple offering for the day.
Reading the Siddha Kunjika Stotram on Navami is traditionally believed to bring the fruit of the whole Durga Saptashati when there is no time to read it all.
The purnahuti is the 'complete offering'. It is believed that whatever was missed in the nine days is made whole by it, so offer it standing, with the whole family's hands on the coconut.
Many families extend Kanya Pujan by sponsoring a girl's books, uniform or fees — a lasting way of honouring the Goddess in girls.
Offering a part of the havan prasad to a cow, and grain to birds, is a traditional act of daan that completes the Navami puja.
Two years back, this year, and two ahead. Past years are kept rather than dropped so you can check the engine against a calendar you already have.
| Year | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Friday, 11 October 2024 | past |
| 2025 | Wednesday, 1 October 2025 | past |
| 2026This year | Monday, 19 October 2026 | past |
| 2027 | Friday, 8 October 2027 | upcoming |
| 2028 | Tuesday, 26 September 2028 | upcoming |
Every row is computed for New Delhi from the same ephemeris, not looked up. Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by more than an hour, so a date computed for Delhi can be a day out elsewhere.
There is no single authority that settles a Hindu festival date, and the divergence is genuine rather than sloppy. Three causes account for almost all of it.
So this page shows its working. If your pandit or your family almanac gives a different day, the instants above will usually show you exactly why — and that is more useful than a date asserted without one.
Maha Navami 2027 is on Friday, 8 October 2027 in New Delhi. Navami tithi runs 6:28 AM to 9:02 AM (9 Oct); the morning havan window is 9 Oct, 6:17 AM to 9:02 AM, and the Sandhi Puja that opens Navami falls at 6:04 AM to 6:52 AM.
Three honest reasons. The tithi can be running at the deciding moment on two days or on none. North India reckons the month purnimanta and the south and west amanta, which names the same krishna fortnight differently. And almanacs differ on which moment of the day decides an observance. The instants above are the astronomy; the day is an interpretation of them.
Light the havan in the morning while Navami runs — 9 Oct, 6:17 AM to 9:02 AM in New Delhi. If the morning is lost, the Abhijit Muhurat around noon (11:45 AM to 12:32 PM) is the usual fallback.
Kanya Pujan is a morning rite, done in the same window as the havan — 9 Oct, 6:17 AM to 9:02 AM in New Delhi. Some families feed the girls first and then light the havan, others the reverse; follow your household's order.
Siddhidatri is the ninth form of Durga, worshipped on Navami. Her name means 'giver of siddhis', the perfections of yoga; she sits on a lotus with a discus, conch, mace and lotus in her four hands, and in the popular story Shiva received the siddhis through her and became Ardhanarishvara.
The short mantra is 'Om Devi Siddhidatryai Namah', chanted 108 times; her meditation verse begins 'Siddhagandharvayakshadyair'. Both are given above in Devanagari with their meaning.
Most homes use the Navarna mantra 'Om Aim Hrim Klim Chamundayai Vichche' with 'svaha' at the end, offering samagri and ghee each time, 108 times or fewer. The Argala verse 'Jayanti mangala kali' is recited before it, and the 'Om Purnamadah' verse with the final coconut.
Set the kund on sand in a ventilated spot, light mango wood with camphor, offer the first ahutis to Ganesha and Agni, then offer samagri with ghee to the Navarna mantra with 'svaha' — 108 times or fewer. Finish with the purnahuti of a ghee-filled coconut, sprinkle water around the kund and do the aarti.
'Navami' is the ninth day of the lunar fortnight, and Maha Navami, 'the great ninth', is the ninth day of Sharad Navratri, the last day of its worship before Vijayadashami.
No. Ram Navami is Chaitra Shukla Navami, in March or April, Rama's birthday and the end of Chaitra Navratri; Maha Navami is Ashwin Shukla Navami, in September or October, the end of Sharad Navratri.
Because a tithi does not match a calendar day. When Ashtami holds the sunrise and Navami begins later the same day, the morning carries the Ashtami rites and the afternoon the Navami ones, with the Sandhi Puja between them. This year Navami runs 6:28 AM to 9:02 AM (9 Oct) in New Delhi.
Many families break it on Navami after the havan and Kanya Pujan. The dharma texts put the parana on Dashami, after Navami has ended; in New Delhi Navami runs 6:28 AM to 9:02 AM (9 Oct), so those following that rule eat after it ends.
The popular day-by-day list gives sesame to Siddhidatri — til laddus or sesame with jaggery — and many homes also offer the halwa, puri and chana made for Kanya Pujan. Offer it with tulsi or a flower and share it as prasad.
The Durga aarti 'Jai Ambe Gauri', given in full above, is sung on every day of Navratri, including Navami, since it praises the Goddess in all her forms. Some families add a short aarti of Siddhidatri after it.
The colour of each Navratri day follows the weekday, as the Navratri colours list sets it; the ninth day takes its weekday's second colour, so that no colour repeats across the nine days. Check this year's list on the Navratri colours page.
