Basanti Durga Puja

The nine days from Pratipada to Navami of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra, Ashadh, Ashwin and Magha are called Navratri. Thus there are four Navratras in a Samvatsar, in which the Navratra of Chaitra is called ‘Basantik Navratra’ and Navratra of Ashwin is called ‘Sharadiya Navratra’. In these, special worship is done to the Aadi Shakti Bhagwati Durga. Basanti Pujo was the first Durga Puja that was initiated by King Surath, prior to the famous Sharadiya Durga Puja. Basanti Puja RitualsThe rituals of Basanti Puja are similar to those of Shardiya Durga Puja. The only difference is in the ‘Ghat’ (Kalash or earthern/metal pot) for ‘Bodhan’ (awakening Goddess Durga) is not used in Sashti puja because this puja is performed on time when it is meant to be done.
The legend in Markanda Puran states that King Surath had lost his kingdom and wandered in the forests where he met Samadhi Vaishya who also had lost kingdom.

In the jungle, they met Medha Muni who on request suggested them to perform Basanti Durga Puja to get back their lost kingdoms. King Surath and Samadhi Vaishya, thus, performed Basanti Puja and got back their kingdoms. This started the ritual of performing Basanti Durga Puja in Basant season or Chaitra Month.

Basanti Durga Puja Calendar

Date & Timings of Basantik (Chaitra) Durga Puja 2026

Day	Date	Tithi	Rituals
Ist	March 19, Thursday	Pratipada	Ghatasthapana, Chandra Darshana, Shailputri Puja.
IInd	March 20, Friday	Dwitiya	Sindhara Dooj, Brahmacharini Puja
IIIrd	March 21, Saturday	Tritiya	Gauri Puja, Saubhagya Teej, Chandraghanta Puja
IVth	March 22, Sunday	Chaturthi	Vinayaka Chaturthi, Upang Lalita Vrat, Kushmanda Puja
Vth	March 23, Monday	Panchami	Naag Puja, Skanda Sashti, Skandamata Puja
VIth	March 24, Tuesday	Shasthi	Shashthi Puja Katyayani Puja
VIIth	March 25, Wednesday	Saptami	Maha Saptami, Kalaratri Puja
VIIIth	March 26, Thursday	Ashtami	Durga Ashtami, Maha Gauri Puja, Chaitra Sandhi Puja Muhurat 02:35 PM to 03:23 PM
IXth	March 27, Friday	Navami	Maha Navami Homa, Siddhidatri Puja
	March 28, Saturday	Dashami	Ayudha Puja, Navratri Parana, Durga Visarjan, Vijayadashami.

MeerapurDurgaPuja.com team takes care for all conditions and exceptions to find the best date/time to perform the Chaitra Navratri 2026 festival as well as Durga Puja 2026. In other words, we don’t treat above information as most accurate Muhurta for any other individual/community. Please make sure to consider all local factors like sunrise, sunset, midday, ascendant and last but not the least DST, if applicable.

चैत्र नवरात्र (बसंती दुर्गा पूजा 2026)

19 मार्च, प्रतिपदा तिथि- घटस्थापना, मां शैलपुत्री
20 मार्च, द्वितीया तिथि- मां ब्रह्मचारिणी
21 मार्च, तृतीया तिथि- मां चंद्रघंटा
22 मार्च, चतुर्थी तिथि- मां कुष्मांडा
23 मार्च, पंचमी तिथि- मां स्कंदमाता
24 मार्च, षष्ठी तिथि- मां कात्यायनी
25 मार्च- सप्तमी तिथि- मां कालरात्रि
26 मार्च, अष्टमी तिथि- मां महागौरी, रामनवमी
27 मार्च, नवमी तिथि- मां सिद्धिदात्री, व्रत का पारण

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