Shastra Panchangam

Durga Ashtami 2026

Durga Ashtami is on Monday, 19 October 2026. The day is Ashwina Shukla Ashtami; the tithi has to be running at sunrise.

How the date is decided

Durga Ashtami takes the tithi that is running at sunrise.

Sandhi Puja is kept when Ashtami gives way to Navami. The tithi ending time is on each city's day page.

Sunrise in your city

Sunrise differs from city to city:

CitySunrise
Bengaluru6:10 am
Chennai6:00 am
Hyderabad6:10 am
Mysuru6:14 am
Coimbatore6:11 am
Delhi6:24 am
Mumbai6:34 am
Varanasi5:58 am
Lucknow6:08 am
Jaipur6:28 am
Madurai6:06 am
Trichy6:04 am
Kochi6:13 am
Thiruvananthapuram6:10 am
Kozhikode6:16 am
Hubballi6:22 am
Vijayawada6:01 am
Visakhapatnam5:51 am

These are the sunrises the date is decided by.

Other dates in 2026

Sharad Navratri · Vijayadashami · Dhanteras · Naraka Chaturdashi · Diwali · Govardhan Puja · Bhai Dooj

How a tithi is computed · Why the day starts at sunrise

How this date was decided
The tithi is computed from the Swiss Ephemeris on the Lahiri ayanamsha. The day is the one on which the tithi is running at sunrise.