Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025
Sharad Navratri 2025 falls on Monday, September 22, 2025 in Ottawa. The festival runs Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025. It is Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu lunar calendar. Sunrise is 6:51 AM and sunset 6:58 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 2025 in Ottawa is on Monday, September 22, 2025. It falls on Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pratipada.
Sharad Navratri 2025 runs for 9 days, from Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025.
Yes. Sharad Navratri falls on Sep 22, 2025 in both Ottawa 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.