Maha Navami 2026 Date: Monday, 19 October

Maha Navami in 2026 falls on Monday 19 October 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). Sukla Navami: 19 Oct 10:52 AM – 20 Oct 12:50 PM IST. In the USA: Monday 19 October 2026; tithi Mon 19 Oct 1:22 AM – Tue 20 Oct 3:20 AM EDT (10:22 PM – 12:20 AM PDT). In the UK: Monday 19 October 2026. Also called Mahanavami.

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Next year: Maha Navami 2027 – Friday 8 October 2027

Maha Navami, Ashwayuja Sukla Navami, is Ayudha Puja: vehicles, tools, machines and books are cleaned and worshipped, and the goddess is Mahishasura Mardini. The Chandi homam of the Navaratri concludes with the purnahuti today.

Tithi timing

Sukla Navami begins 19 October 2026 at 10:52 AM IST and ends 20 October 2026 at 12:50 PM 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, afternoon (fourth fifth of daylight); 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 navami prevailing in the afternoon (aparahna); the day with the larger coverage wins, and if equal the first, ashtami-viddha day (Dharma Sindhu: puja and upavasa on the ashtami-viddha navami). Ayudha Puja the same day.

Some calendars print Maha Navami on the day navami is current at sunrise, which can be the same day as Vijayadashami. The date here follows the day navami covers the afternoon, the ashtami-viddha navami of Dharma Sindhu, as telugucalendar.org and prokerala.com do.

Date by city

Different date in 9 of 215 cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Suva — 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

Full text in Telugu: Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam · Mahishasura Mardini Stotram · all stotras

Coming up next

• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Bali Padyami (Govardhan Puja)
• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Karthika Masam begins
• Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya)
• Friday 13 November 2026 – Nagula Chavithi
• Monday 16 November 2026 – Karthika Somavaram
• Saturday 21 November 2026 – Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi)

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• Vijayadashami (Dasara) – Tuesday 20 October 2026
• Sharad Pournami (Kojagari) – Sunday 25 October 2026
• Atla Taddi – Wednesday 28 October 2026
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