Durga Puja Date, Timing, Muhurat and Vidhi 2024

Welcome to our webpage dedicated to Durga Puja 2024, where you will find all the essential information about the dates, timings, muhurat, and vidhi of this auspicious Hindu festival. Durga Puja, also known as Navaratri or Durgotsav, is an annual celebration that honors the divine feminine energy and the triumph of good over evil. It is a time of immense joy, devotion, and cultural significance for millions of devotees around the world.We have meticulously compiled the most accurate and up-to-date details about the dates and timings of this grand festival, allowing you to plan your celebrations and participation in advance.

Alongside the essential information, we will guide you through the muhurat, the auspicious timings during which the various rituals and ceremonies of Durga Puja are performed. These muhurat timings hold immense spiritual significance, and we will ensure that you have access to them for each significant day of the festival.Furthermore, our webpage will delve into the vidhi, or the prescribed methods and customs, of Durga Puja.Whether you are a long-standing devotee or a newcomer to the festivities, our webpage aims to be your comprehensive resource for all things related to Durga Puja 2024.

Durga Puja Nirghanta | Durga Puja Date and Timing 2024

Come Autumn and the clear blue sky, the little clouds floating across it, the mild fragrance of Shiuli and the gentle breeze that blows from time to time has a special significance for the Bengalis. The five days of Durga Puja are observed as Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and Vijaya Dashami. It brings to mind the thought of Durga Puja. The most important annual festival of Bengali Hindus, Durga Puja is believed to be the occasion that celebrates the homecoming of Goddess Durga with her children for a few days. The actual celebrations of the festival are held for four days that are set in accordance with the traditional Hindu Calendars and change every year. Here we bring to you the Durga Puja schedule for this year that includes the dates as well as the timings for all the four days of this year's Puja festivities, in EST, GMT, and IST. So scroll down, have a look at the dates of the Puja Days for this year and check it out with your local timings. Shubho Sharodiya!

The Puja timings, being based on the lunar month, often spread over to the next day or night. Sashthi is the day for the inauguration, though the main part of the Puja spreads over four days from the day of Saptami to the day of the Bijoya Dashami on which the immersion takes place. So it may not match, as is the case this year, with the days of the Calendar we follow.

Durga Puja calendar by Indian Standard Time

Durga Puja is the sacred five day festival of the Bengali Hindu community held in honour of Goddess Durga and to celebrate her annual homecoming. This year 2024, the occasion is to be observed from Tuesday, 8th October (Panchami) to Sunday, 13th October (Dashami). Scroll down and have a look at the Puja schedule for the year 2024 based on the IST (Indian Standard Time). Sasthi is believed to be the day on which the Mother Goddess arrives on the earth with her children. Shubh Durgotsav!

Note: The Puja timings, being based on the lunar month, often spread over to the next day or night. Sashthi is the day for the inauguration, though the main part of the Puja spreads over four days from the day of Saptami to the day of the Bijoya Dashami on which the immersion takes place. So it may not match, as is the case this year, with the days of the Calendar we follow.

Durga Puja Dates for the year of 2024
9th October, 2024 (Wednesday)

Shashthi

Puja - Bilva Nimantran, Kalparambha, Akal Bodhon, Amantran and Adhivas

Bilva Nimantran Muhurat: 02:56 PM to 05:17 PM on Tuesday, 8th October (Duration: 2 Hours 16 Mins)

Shashthi Tithi Begins: 11:17 AM on 8th October, 2024
Shashthi Tithi Ends : 12:14 PM on 9th October, 2024

Bengali Date : Ashwin 23, 1431 (আশ্বিন ২৩, ১৪৩১)

10th October, 2024 (Thursday)

Saptami

Durga Saptami, Kolabou Puja
Dawn on Navpatrika Day: 05:09 AM
Observational Sunrise on Navpatrika Day: 05:31 AM
Saptami Tithi Begins : 12:14 PM PM on 9th October, 2024
Saptami Tithi Ends : 12:31 PM PM on 10th October, 2024
Bengali Date : Ashwin 24, 1431 (আশ্বিন ২৪, ১৪৩১)

11th October, 2024 (Friday)

Ashtami

Durga Ashtami, Kumari Puja, Sandhi Puja, Maha Navami
Ashtami Tithi Begins: 12:31 PM on 10th October, 2024
Ashtami Tithi Ends: 12:06 PM on 11th October, 2024
Sandhi Puja: 11:42 AM to 12:30 PM Duration: 48 Mins
Bengali Date : Ashwin 25, 1431 (আশ্বিন ২৫, ১৪৩১)

12th October, 2024 (Saturday)

Navami

Maha Navami, Durga Balidan Navami Homa, Durga Visarjan, Vijayadashami
Navami Tithi Begins: 12:06 PM on 11th October, 2024
Navami Tithi Ends: 10:58 AM on 12th October, 2024

Ashwina Navratri Balidana Aparahna Muhurat: 12:33 PM to 02:53 PM on 12th October, 2024
Duration: 02 hours 20 mins
Navratri Pratah Homa Muhurta: 12:06 PM to 05:15 PM on 11th October, 2024
Duration: 05 Hours 08 Mins Durga Visarjan Muhurat: 12:33 PM to 02:53 PM on 12th October, 2024
Duration: 02 Hours 20 Mins Bengali Date : Ashwin 26, 1431 (আশ্বিন ২৬, ১৪৩১)

13th October, 2024 (Sunday)

Dashami

Vijayadashami, Bengal Durga Visarjan, Sindoor Utsav
Bengal Vijayadashami Aparahna Time: 12:33 PM to 02:53 PM on 12th October, 2024 (Duration: 02 Hours 20 Mins)
Vijay Muhurat: 01:19 PM to 02:06 PM on 13th October, 2024 (Duration: 47 Mins)
Bengal Durga Visarjan on Sunday, 13th October, 2024
Sindoor Utsav on Sunday, 13th October, 2024
Dashami Tithi Begins: 10:58 AM on 12th October, 2024
Dashami Tithi Ends: 09:08 AM on 13th October, 2024

Bengali Date : Ashwin 27, 1431 (আশ্বিন ২৭, ১৪৩১)

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