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:
| City | Sunrise |
|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 6:10 am |
| Chennai | 6:00 am |
| Hyderabad | 6:10 am |
| Mysuru | 6:14 am |
| Coimbatore | 6:11 am |
| Delhi | 6:24 am |
| Mumbai | 6:34 am |
| Varanasi | 5:58 am |
| Lucknow | 6:08 am |
| Jaipur | 6:28 am |
| Madurai | 6:06 am |
| Trichy | 6:04 am |
| Kochi | 6:13 am |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 6:10 am |
| Kozhikode | 6:16 am |
| Hubballi | 6:22 am |
| Vijayawada | 6:01 am |
| Visakhapatnam | 5:51 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.
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.