
The color of the day is decided on the weekday. Women, especially in Maharashtra and Gujarat, adorn themselves with 9 different colors which are allocated to each day of Navratri. The nine days festivity culminates on tenth day with Dussehra or Vijaya Dashami. Shardiya Navratri falls in the month of September or October. All nine days during Navratri are dedicated to nine forms of Goddess Shakti. The name Shardiya Navratri has been taken from Sharad Ritu. It falls in lunar month Ashwin during Sharad Ritu.

That's why Shardiya Navratri is also known as Maha Navratri. Shardiya Navratri is the most popular and significant Navratri of all Navratris. In Panchang day starts and ends with sunrise.

Hours which are past midnight are suffixed with next day date. Notes: All timings are represented in 12-hour notation in local time of Dnipro, Ukraine with DST adjustment (if applicable).
