Major festival · 2026
Durga Ashtami (Maha Ashtami) 2026 — date across the world
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India · Monday19 October 2026
Durga Ashtami (Maha Ashtami) is the eighth night of Sharad Navratri, the day of Sandhi Puja and Kumari Puja, among the most intense of the Durga Puja days.
| City | Country | Date | Weekday | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Ahmedabad | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Amritsar | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Ayodhya | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Bengaluru | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Bhopal | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Chandigarh | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Chennai | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Coimbatore | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Dwarka | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Gurugram | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Guwahati | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Haridwar | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Hyderabad | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Indore | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Jaipur | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Kanpur | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Kochi | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Kolkata | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Lucknow | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Madurai | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Mathura | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Mumbai | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Nagpur | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Nashik | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Noida | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Patna | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Prayagraj | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Pune | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Puri | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Rameswaram | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Rishikesh | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Shirdi | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Surat | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Tirupati | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Ujjain | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Vadodara | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Varanasi | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Vijayawada | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Visakhapatnam | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Vrindavan | India | Monday | Verified | |
| Atlanta | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Austin | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Bellevue | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Boston | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Brampton | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Calgary | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Cary | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Charlotte | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Chicago | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Columbus | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Dallas | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Denver | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Detroit | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Edison | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Edmonton | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Fremont | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Honolulu | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Houston | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Irvine | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Jersey City | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Kansas City | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Las Vegas | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Los Angeles | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Miami | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Minneapolis | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Mississauga | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Montreal | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Nashville | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| New York | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Orlando | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Ottawa | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Philadelphia | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Phoenix | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Pittsburgh | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Portland | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Raleigh | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Sacramento | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| San Diego | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| San Francisco | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| San Jose | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Seattle | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| St. Louis | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Surrey | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Tampa | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Toronto | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Troy | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Vancouver | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Washington | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Winnipeg | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Barcelona | Spain | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Berlin | Germany | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Birmingham | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Bradford | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Brussels | Belgium | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Coventry | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Dublin | Ireland | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Frankfurt | Germany | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Geneva | Switzerland | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Hamburg | Germany | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Harrow | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Leicester | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Lisbon | Portugal | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| London | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Madrid | Spain | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Milan | Italy | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Munich | Germany | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Nottingham | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Oslo | Norway | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Paris | France | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Rome | Italy | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Slough | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Stockholm | Sweden | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| The Hague | Netherlands | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Vienna | Austria | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Zurich | Switzerland | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Verified | |
| Ajman | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Verified | |
| Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Verified | |
| Dammam | Saudi Arabia | Monday | Verified | |
| Doha | Qatar | Monday | Verified | |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Verified | |
| Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | Monday | Verified | |
| Manama | Bahrain | Monday | Verified | |
| Muscat | Oman | Monday | Verified | |
| Ras Al Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Verified | |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Monday | Verified | |
| Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Verified | |
| Cape Town | South Africa | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Durban | South Africa | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Kampala | Uganda | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Lusaka | Zambia | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Mombasa | Kenya | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Nairobi | Kenya | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Port Louis | Mauritius | Monday | Verified | |
| Pretoria | South Africa | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Bangkok | Thailand | Monday | Verified | |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | Monday | Verified | |
| Denpasar | Indonesia | Monday | Verified | |
| George Town | Malaysia | Monday | Verified | |
| Hong Kong | China | Monday | Verified | |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | Monday | Verified | |
| Jaffna | Sri Lanka | Monday | Verified | |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | Monday | Verified | |
| Johor Bahru | Malaysia | Monday | Verified | |
| Kandy | Sri Lanka | Monday | Verified | |
| Kathmandu | Nepal | Monday | Verified | |
| Klang | Malaysia | Monday | Verified | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Monday | Verified | |
| Singapore | Singapore | Monday | Verified | |
| Adelaide | Australia | Monday | Verified | |
| Auckland | New Zealand | Monday | Verified | |
| Brisbane | Australia | Monday | Verified | |
| Canberra | Australia | Monday | Verified | |
| Christchurch | New Zealand | Monday | Verified | |
| Darwin | Australia | Monday | Verified | |
| Gold Coast | Australia | Monday | Verified | |
| Melbourne | Australia | Monday | Verified | |
| Nadi | Fiji | Monday | Verified | |
| Perth | Australia | Monday | Verified | |
| Suva | Fiji | Monday | Verified | |
| Sydney | Australia | Monday | Verified | |
| Wellington | New Zealand | Monday | Verified | |
| Chaguanas | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Georgetown | Guyana | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Paramaribo | Suriname | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
| San Fernando | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Sunday | Verified |
✦ marks a city whose observed date differs from India because of its timezone.
Frequently asked
When is Durga Ashtami (Maha Ashtami) 2026?
In India (New Delhi), Durga Ashtami (Maha Ashtami) 2026 is Monday, 19 October 2026. In the diaspora the date can shift by a day depending on timezone — the table lists each city.
Does Durga Ashtami (Maha Ashtami) fall on the same day everywhere?
Not always. Because tithis are tied to the moon, not to midnight, Durga Ashtami (Maha Ashtami) can land on a different calendar day outside India. Each city's date is computed separately.
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