Chaitra Navratri 2025: Know the timings, puja vidhi, significance, and more

Chaitra Navratri 2025: Date and Timings

This year, Chaitra Navratri will commence on Sunday, March 30, 2025, with Chaitra Ghatasthapana, which is set to happen on the same day. The auspicious time (Muhurta) for performing Ghatasthapana will begin at 6:13 AM and end at 10:22 AM and Abhijit Muhurta for Ghatasthapana is from 12:01 PM to 12:50 PM. For this year, Pratipada starts on March 29, 2025, at 4:27 PM and concludes on March 30, 2025, at 12:49 PM.

Enlisted is a tabular form for the full 9-day calendar for Chaitra Navratri for the year, 2025:

Chaitra Navratri 2025: Significance and Puja Rituals

According to Hindu mythology, Lord Rama, Lord Vishnu’s seventh incarnation, was born on the ninth day of Chaitra Navratri and is dedicated to the nine forms of Goddess Shakti, with each day honouring a different goddess.

Navratri 2025: Navratri epitomises the feminine power or Shakti with the combined powers of Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver) and Shiva (the destroyer). (Photo: Pixabay)

Enlisted below is the list essential for puja:

• Clay pot
• Clean soil
• Seeds of seven different grains
• A clay/brass pitcher
• Gangajal
• Sacred thread
• Betel nuts
• Some coins
• Five leaves of Ashoka or mango tree
• Raw rice
• Unpeeled coconut
• Flowers
• Durva grass
• Red cloth
• Lid to cover clay pot

The festival represents righteousness and the power of good over evil, instilling moral ideals such as bravery and virtue. People fast for the nine days, or on the first two or last two days, with some fasting for the entire nine days.