12 October 2083
Day 1 of 9- Tithi
- Shukla Pratipada · until 12:56 PM
- Nakshatra
- Chitra
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:23 AM – 5:55 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:46 AM – 12:32 PM
Festival · 2083
Sharada Navaratri 2083
Falls on 12 October 2083 in Chandigarh, as computed from the real sky for that city.
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Wishing you a blessed Sharada Navaratri
May the Mother walk with you through these nine nights, and may her strength become your gentleness.
स तस्मिन्नेवाकाशे स्त्रियमाजगाम बहु शोभमानामुमां हैमवतीं तां होवाच किमेतद्यक्षमिति ॥
sa tasminnevākāśe striyamājagāma bahu śobhamānāmumāṁ haimavatīṁ tāṁ hovāca kimetadyakṣamiti
Its meaning
In that very space he came upon a woman of great radiance, Umā, daughter of Himavat. He said to her: What is this wondrous being?
Kena Upaniṣad 3.12
When, for Chandigarh
12 October 2083
Shukla Pratipada · until 12:56 PM
Do
Choose one practice and keep it every night of the nine: sit and say the Devi's name, at the same hour, unbroken.
Leave aside
Fasting as a bargain. The nine nights ask for attention, not hunger.
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The sky that day
- The Moon
- Shukla Pratipada
- The Sun is in
- Kanya
- The Moon is in
- Tula, in Chitra
The Moon is new and begins to wax, the rains have ended and the Sun moves toward the autumn equinox; the nine nights follow the Moon's growing light.
What the day is
Nine nights of Devi, three each for Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati — the personality rebuilt in three movements: what must be fought, what must be gathered, what must be understood.
The story
4 stories the day keeps. Turn each card.
1 / 4The light of all the godsTurn ↻
Mahishasura had driven the gods from heaven. Their anger and their radiance came out of them as one light, and that light took the form of the Devi. Each god gave her his weapon, and she rode out alone and won.
Devi Mahatmya, in the Markandeya Purana, the middle episode.
2 / 4Nine forms of one MotherTurn ↻
Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kalaratri, Mahagauri, Siddhidatri: nine names, one for each night. The daughter of the mountain grows through austerity, courage, creation, motherhood and the fierce night into one who grants every fulfilment.
Devi Kavacha, recited with the Durga Saptashati.
3 / 4I alone am hereTurn ↻
When Shumbha mocked the Devi for fighting with many helpers, she drew all the goddesses back into herself and stood alone. I alone exist in this world, she said; who else is there besides me? Every power he saw had been hers.
Devi Mahatmya, the final episode.
4 / 4Rama wakes the Devi in autumnTurn ↻
Before the last battle, Rama worshipped Durga out of her usual season, offering a hundred and eight lotuses. One was missing; he moved to offer his own eye, which is called lotus like, and the Devi stopped his hand and blessed him.
Krittivasi Ramayana (Bengali); not in Valmiki.
The days around it
5 days kept as one season. Each has its own page.
- Pitru Paksha
Fifteen days of water and names for those before us.
26 September 2083 - Day 2
Mahalaya Amavasya
The last day of the fortnight: every ancestor remembered, even those whose day is forgotten.
- Sharada Navaratri
Nine nights, nine forms of the Mother; one practice kept unbroken.
You are here - Vijayadashami · Dussehra
Victory on the tenth; a new learning begun.
20 October 2083 - Sharad Purnima
The full Moon of autumn; kheer under its light, and the night kept awake.
25 October 2083
What is said, and what is so
Often said
The Devi is angry, and must be feared and kept pleased.
The root
The gods' own hymn to her says it plainly: in her heart is compassion, and fierceness only in battle. Her fierce form faces what harms her children, never the children themselves.
Often said
If the nine nights are not kept perfectly, the Devi turns away.
The root
At the close of the Devi Mahatmya she promises to come to those who remember her and hear her story with devotion. Remembrance is the rite; fasting is a discipline some choose, and none is punished for a broken one.
How to keep Sharada Navaratri
Free acts, done by you. Kept so far this year: 0 of 3.
Choose one practice and keep it every night of the nine: sit and say the Devi's name, at the same hour, unbroken.
On the eighth or ninth day, feed young girls a full meal and honour them, as the tradition asks.
Learn one verse of the Devi Mahatmya by heart, with its meaning: ya devi sarvabhuteshu, the Devi who dwells in all beings.
Each act is free and done by you. Keeping one writes it to your karma ledger with the day's panchang. Nothing here is ever bought, and no act is a remedy.
The family's part
The youngest
Helps set the lamp or the dolls in place and learns the name of the night's form of the Devi.
The eldest
Reads or tells one episode of the Devi's story aloud, a little each night.
Everyone
On the ninth day the household together feeds and honours young girls of the neighbourhood.
How India keeps it
Bengal
Durga Puja: the Devi comes home with her children for the last days, in pandals that fill whole cities, and leaves for Kailasa on the tenth.
Gujarat
Garba each night, danced in circles around the garbo, a clay pot with a lamp inside, the Devi's light at the centre.
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra
Golu: steps of dolls are set out at home, neighbours visit, and the last days honour Saraswati and the tools of work.
Mysuru, Karnataka
Dasara is kept for Chamundeshwari, who slew Mahishasura on the hill above the city; the palace is lit every night.
The day, for Chandigarh
13 October 2083
Day 2 of 9- Tithi
- Shukla Dwitiya · until 9:46 AM
- Nakshatra
- Swati
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:23 AM – 5:53 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
14 October 2083
Day 3 of 9- Tithi
- Shukla Tritiya · until 6:34 AM
- Nakshatra
- Vishakha
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:24 AM – 5:52 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
15 October 2083
Day 5 of 9- Tithi
- Shukla Panchami · until 12:42 AM, 16 October 2083
- Nakshatra
- Anuradha
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:25 AM – 5:51 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
16 October 2083
Day 6 of 9- Tithi
- Shukla Shashthi · until 10:15 PM
- Nakshatra
- Mula
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:25 AM – 5:50 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
17 October 2083
Day 7 of 9- Tithi
- Shukla Saptami · until 8:15 PM
- Nakshatra
- Purva Ashadha
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:26 AM – 5:49 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
18 October 2083
Day 8 of 9- Tithi
- Shukla Ashtami · until 6:42 PM
- Nakshatra
- Uttara Ashadha
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:27 AM – 5:48 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
19 October 2083
Day 9 of 9- Tithi
- Shukla Navami · until 5:39 PM
- Nakshatra
- Shravana
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:27 AM – 5:47 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:44 AM – 12:30 PM
The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.
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