Durgashtami 2026 Date: Monday, 19 October

Durgashtami in 2026 falls on Monday 19 October 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). Sukla Ashtami: 18 Oct 8:28 AM – 19 Oct 10:52 AM IST. In the USA: Sunday 18 October 2026; tithi Sat 17 Oct 10:58 PM – Mon 19 Oct 1:22 AM EDT (7:58 PM – 10:22 PM PDT). In the UK: Sunday 18 October 2026. Also called Durga Ashtami.

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Next year: Durgashtami 2027 – Thursday 7 October 2027

Saddula Bathukamma 2026, the last evening of Bathukamma 2026, is on Sunday 18 October 2026, the day before Durgashtami: the ashtami begins that morning, so that evening already has the ashtami, while Durgashtami goes by the tithi at sunrise.

Durgashtami (Maha Ashtami), Ashwayuja Sukla Ashtami, is the eighth night of Navaratri: the goddess is worshipped as Durga, and in Telangana the ashtami evening is Saddula Bathukamma, the closing evening of Bathukamma, a state public holiday. The ashtami present at sunrise decides the day of Durgashtami; when the ashtami begins in the morning of the previous day, Saddula Bathukamma is celebrated that previous evening.

Tithi timing

Sukla Ashtami begins 18 October 2026 at 8:28 AM IST and ends 19 October 2026 at 10:52 AM IST.

Timings by city: India, USA, UK, Canada, Australia

Every time is computed for the city's own coordinates and time zone (daylight saving applied); nothing is converted from IST. The last column is the part of the day the rule judges, sunrise; the date is the day the tithi covers it. It is the window the tradition names for the observance, not a separately chosen muhurtham; we do not print other muhurthams because we have not verified them.

How the date is decided

Ashwayuja sukla ashtami at sunrise (Maha Ashtami).

Date by city

Different date in 125 of 215 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Irving, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Coppell, Fort Worth and 113 more — the tithi is judged against each city's own sunrise and local time (daylight saving included), so the day can shift for cities far from India.

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Stotras commonly recited

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