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Chaitra Navratri 2027: dates, nine days and Ghatasthapana

Chaitra Navratri is the nine nights of the goddess at the start of the Hindu lunar year, from Chaitra Shukla Pratipada to Navami. The ninth day is Ram Navami.

Next date: Wednesday, 7 Apr 2027

Chaitra Navratri begins timings

Detail	2027	2028
Date	Wednesday, 7 Apr 2027	Monday, 27 Mar 2028
Shukla Pratipada tithi begins	7 Apr, 5:21 am	26 Mar, 10:01 am
Shukla Pratipada tithi ends	8 Apr, 4:29 am	27 Mar, 11:43 am
Sunrise in Nagpur	6:02 am	6:11 am

Ram Navami timings

Detail	2027	2028
Date	Thursday, 15 Apr 2027	Monday, 3 Apr 2028
Shukla Navami tithi begins	14 Apr, 3:24 pm	3 Apr, 12:00 pm
Shukla Navami tithi ends	15 Apr, 1:21 pm	4 Apr, 10:07 am
Madhyahna (midday) puja time	10:58 am to 1:29 pm	11:02 am to 1:31 pm

Navratri 2027 day by day

Day	Tithi (from sunrise)	Goddess
Day 1: Wednesday, 7 Apr 2027	Shukla Pratipada → Shukla Dwitiya	Shailputri
Day 2: Thursday, 8 Apr 2027	Shukla Dwitiya → Shukla Tritiya	Brahmacharini
Day 3: Friday, 9 Apr 2027	Shukla Tritiya → Shukla Chaturthi	Chandraghanta
Day 4: Saturday, 10 Apr 2027	Shukla Chaturthi → Shukla Panchami	Kushmanda
Day 5: Sunday, 11 Apr 2027	Shukla Panchami → Shukla Shashthi	Skandamata
Day 6: Monday, 12 Apr 2027	Shukla Shashthi → Shukla Saptami	Katyayani
Day 7: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2027	Shukla Saptami → Shukla Ashtami	Kalaratri
Day 8: Wednesday, 14 Apr 2027	Shukla Ashtami → Shukla Navami	Mahagauri
Day 9: Thursday, 15 Apr 2027	Shukla Navami → Shukla Dashami	Siddhidatri

The nine Navratri colours, day by day

All times are IST. Tithi times hold for all of India; sunrise, sunset, moonrise and the muhurat windows are for Nagpur, in the North and Central Indian (purnimanta) tradition, and shift by a few minutes in other cities.

How it is commonly observed

On the first morning many families set up the kalash (Ghatasthapana) and sow barley that grows through the nine days.
One form of Durga, Navadurga, is worshipped on each day.
Many people fast, fully or with phalahar, for all nine days or for the first and last.
Kanya puja, honouring young girls, is commonly done on Ashtami or Navami.

Where regions differ

The first day is also the lunar new year: Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra and Ugadi in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Sharad Navratri in Ashwin is the more widely celebrated Navratri.

All the regional calendars on this site that list it give the same date in 2027.

How the date is worked out

The first day is Chaitra Shukla Pratipada: the day with Pratipada at sunrise (or the same day when the new moon falls after sunrise). The Sun and Moon positions are computed for each year (sidereal, Lahiri ayanamsa), so the dates are not copied from a printed list.

Questions about Chaitra Navratri

When is Chaitra Navratri in 2027?

Chaitra Navratri 2027 is on Wednesday, 7 Apr 2027, and in 2028 on Monday, 27 Mar 2028. The dates are worked out for Nagpur in the North and Central Indian tradition; the table above gives the tithi and muhurat times.

When is Ghatasthapana done?

In the morning of the first day, while Pratipada runs. Many panchangs give a morning muhurat and an Abhijit muhurat around midday as a second choice. The day table shows the tithi at sunrise for each day.

Why does Navratri sometimes have eight or ten days?

Tithis do not match clock days. When a tithi touches no sunrise, two tithis share a day; when one runs over two sunrises, a tithi gets two days. The festival still covers Pratipada to Navami.

Why does another calendar show a different date?

A tithi begins and ends at the same moment all over India, but the festival day depends on the part of the day the tradition looks at (sunrise, midday, evening or midnight) and on the sunrise of the city. A panchang for another city or tradition can therefore differ by a day. Follow the one your family uses.