Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 28, 2026
Chaitra Navratri 2026 falls on Friday, March 20, 2026 in Auckland. The festival runs Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 28, 2026. It is Chaitra Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu lunar calendar. Ghatasthapana Muhurat is 7:24 AM – 9:50 AM. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 7:31 PM.
India: Mar 19, 2026
Also known as: Vasanta Navratri · Ram Navratri
Windows are computed for this city — the tithi decides which are valid, so they shift with your location and are not the Indian times. Abhijit and Rahu Kaal belong to the day itself rather than to the festival.
Chaitra Navratri is the spring nine-night festival of the Goddess, opening the lunar year and closing on Ram Navami. It is the quieter twin of the autumn Sharad Navratri, kept more as fasting and recitation than as public celebration.
Ghatasthapana — the installing of a pot and the sowing of barley — begins the nine days. Devotees fast, read the Durga Saptashati, and honour a different form of the Goddess on each night.
Chaitra Navratri 2026 in Auckland is on Friday, March 20, 2026. It falls on Chaitra Shukla Paksha Pratipada.
Ghatasthapana Muhurat in Auckland on Mar 20, 2026 is 7:24 AM – 9:50 AM. This is the window in which the main observance is performed.
Chaitra Navratri 2026 runs for 9 days, from Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 28, 2026.
No. Chaitra Navratri is on Mar 20, 2026 in Auckland but Mar 19, 2026 in India. The tithi begins at one moment worldwide, and that moment lands on a different local day in each place.
Chaitra Navratri is also known as Vasanta Navratri, Ram Navratri. These are regional names and spellings for the same festival.