Shardiya Navratri 2024: Dates, Timings, and Significance of the Nine-Day Festival

Sharadiya Navratri

Shardiya Navratri 2024: The nine-night festival is known as Sharadiya Navratri and this Navratri is observed in the month of Ashwin. Goddess Durga’s followers especially wait for this Navratri. In Sharadiya Navratri the puja, garba, kanya puja, jagrata and other customs are made to appease nine goddesses of Navadurga.

Pandals are raised in different areas for putting up idols of Goddess. As per the hindu calendar the Navratri is the festival of nine nights in which goddess Durga had fought the demon Mahishasura.

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Shardiya Navratri 2024: Date and Time

While going by the Lunar calendar, the Pratipada tithi in Ashwin Shukla Paksha will start on the midnight of October 3, 2024 and ends in the mid of October 4, 2024.

Sharadiya Navratri 2024 Tithi Calendar:

• October 3, 2024 (Pratipada): Ghatasthapana, Maa Shailputri
• October 4, 2024 (Dwitiya): Maa Brahmacharini
• October 5, 2024 (Tritiya): Maa Chandraghanta
• October 6, 2024 (Tritiya): Continued
• October 7, 2024 (Chaturthi): Maa Kushmanda
• October 8, 2024 (Panchami): Maa Skandamata
• October 9, 2024 (Shashthi): Maa Katyayani
• October 10, 2024 (Saptami): Maa Kalaratri
• October 11, 2024 (Ashtami): Mahashtami, Maa Mahagauri, Kanya Puja
• October 12, 2024 (Navami): Mahanavami, Navratri Paran, Durga Visarjan, Maa Siddhidatri, Vijayadashami, Dashahra.

Shardiya Navratri 2024: Significance of the Nine-Day Festival

The date of Sharadiya Navratri is from October 3, 2024 Thursday. This time, the Goddess is believed to travel on a chariot or doli or palanquin which she uses to carry things. Based on hindu mythology, sathi coming on a doli also signify natural disasters, epidemics as well as political unrest in the country.

Hindu epics are replete with stories of Lord Rama who was keen to start the battle with Ravana and could not wait to pray to the Goddess of Shakti. Before the final fight with Ravana, Hindu God Ram worshipped the Goddess for 9 days.

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Satisfied with the devotion of Lord Rama the goddess Durga granted him victory. It is also stated in books like Vedas and Puranas that Navratri has significant relation with Lord Rama only.

Sharadiya Navratri is observed from the first day of the bright half of the lunar month Ashwin till ninth day of the bright half of this month. This is because it takes place in the month of October when the climate is still good this festival is known as Sharadiya Navratri.

In Hindu tradition it is believed that goddess Durga in her divine form fought with Mahishasura for nine days during Sharadiya Navratri for the good of the world and finally, on Vijayadashami won the battle by killing him and thus saved her devotees.

The people those who pays their prayers and has fasting on Sharadiya Navratri are out of reach from all sorts of troubles.

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