Oct 3, 2024 – Oct 11, 2024
Sharad Navratri 2024 falls on Thursday, October 3, 2024 in Birmingham. The festival runs Oct 3, 2024 – Oct 11, 2024. It is Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu lunar calendar. Sunrise is 7:14 AM and sunset 6:37 PM.
Same day as India
Also known as: Navratri · Durga Puja · Navaratri · Golu
Sharad Navratri is the great nine-night festival of the Goddess in autumn, running from the first of the waxing moon in Ashwin to Maha Navami and closing with Dussehra. It is Durga Puja in Bengal and Golu in Tamil Nadu.
Ghatasthapana opens the nine nights; each honours a different form of Durga, and each has a traditional colour. Gujarat dances garba and dandiya every night of it.
Sharad Navratri 2024 in Birmingham is on Thursday, October 3, 2024. It falls on Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pratipada.
Sharad Navratri 2024 runs for 9 days, from Oct 3, 2024 – Oct 11, 2024.
Yes. Sharad Navratri falls on Oct 3, 2024 in both Birmingham and India this year, though the puja timings differ because sunrise and moonrise are local.
Sharad Navratri is also known as Navratri, Durga Puja, Navaratri, Golu. These are regional names and spellings for the same festival.