Oct 4, 2024 – Oct 12, 2024
Sharad Navratri 2024 falls on Friday, October 4, 2024 in Suva. The festival runs Oct 4, 2024 – Oct 12, 2024. It is Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu lunar calendar. Sunrise is 5:46 AM and sunset 6:03 PM.
India: Oct 3, 2024
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 Suva is on Friday, October 4, 2024. It falls on Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pratipada.
Sharad Navratri 2024 runs for 9 days, from Oct 4, 2024 – Oct 12, 2024.
No. Sharad Navratri is on Oct 4, 2024 in Suva but Oct 3, 2024 in India. The tithi begins at one moment worldwide, and that moment lands on a different local day in each place.
Sharad Navratri is also known as Navratri, Durga Puja, Navaratri, Golu. These are regional names and spellings for the same festival.