Navratri Festival 2022 Dates

Navratri Festival is celebrated twice in a year with great devotion and fervor in all over India. First time it is celebrated as Chaitra Navratri or Vasant Navratri in the month of March-April and second time as Sharad Navratri in the months of September-October. During Chaitra Navratri ninth day is celebrated as Ram Navami while after Sharad Navratri tenth day is celebrated as Dussehra or Vijayadashami, the victory of good over evil. One of the Navratri lies in the Hindu month of Magh, which is also known by the name “Magha Gupta navratri”.

In the four Navratri of the year, Chaitra and Sharad Navratri is the most famous but still Sharad Navratri has special significance that's why it is also known as Maha Navratri. The devotees celebrate Sharad navratri in all over India with huge devotion and great zeal.

According to Hindu calendar, Chaitra Navratri is celebrated in the month of Chaitra or Vasant, which is also the starting of the spring season. Second time it is celebrated in the Ashwin month with the name Sharad Navratri also known as Maha navratri. Below check the Chaitra Navratri 2022 Dates and Sharad Navratri 2022 Dates, worship nine goddess of Navratri to get the blessings.

Chaitra Navratri 2022:

According to Hindu lunar calendar, Chaitra is the first month and the first day of this month is celebrated as the Hindu New Year. Chaitra Navratri is the end of the winter season and begining of the summer in India. Chaitra Navaratri is also known as Vasant Navratri. Ninth day of Chaitra Navratri is celebrated as Rama Navami in India.

Chaitra Navratri 2022 Dates -

Chaitra Navratri Dates: April 2, 2022 (Saturday) to April 11, 2022 (Monday)

On both the auspicious occasion during Chaitra Navratri and Sharad Navratri, nine forms of Goddess Maa Durga - Shailputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skanda Mata, Katyayani, Kalratri, Maha Gauri and Siddhidatri are worshipped by the devotees. This year, Chaitra Navratri festival will begin from 2nd April 2022 (Saturday) and will be celebrated till 11th April 2022 (Monday).

2022 Navratri Ghatasthapana in India:

For Navratri festival, Ghatasthapana is the most important ritual, which marks the beginning of the navratri. Navratri Ghatasthapana is observed during both navratris either it is Chaitra Navratri or Sharad Navratri. Ghatasthapana ritual is observed with pure heart & mind, in which devotees invoke the Goddess Aadi Shakti. Ghatasthapana must be done at the right muhurat, doing it at the wrong time will make the Goddess angry and will be harmful. The most auspicious time for Ghatasthapana is on Pratipada day (most sacred time during all day) or during the Abhijit muhurat. Check auspicious Navratri Ghatsthapana 2022 muhurat and time to start navratri puja.

When is Chaitra Navratri in 2022?

Navratri Day 1 (Pratipada) - October 7, 2021 (Thursday) - Shailputri Puja, Chandra Darshan and Ghatsthapana

Day 2 (Dwitiya) - October 8, 2021 (Friday) - Brahmacharini Puja

Day 3 (Tritiya) - October 9, 2021 (Saturday) - Chandraghanta Puja, Sindoor Tritiya

Day 4 (Chaturthi) - October 10, 2021 (Sunday) - Kushmanda Puja, Vinayaka Chauturthi, Upang Lalita Vrat

Day 5 (Panchami) - October 11, 2021 (Monday) - Skandamata Puja

Day 6 (Shashthi) - October 12, 2021 (Tuesday) - Katyayani Puja, Saraswati Avahan Day

Day 7 (Saptami) - October 13, 2021 (Wednesday) - Kalratri Puja Saraswati Puja

Day 8 (Mahashtmi) - October 14, 2021 (Thursday) - Mahagauri Puja, Ayudha Puja

Day 9 (Navami) - October 15, 2021 (Friday) - Siddhidatri Puja, Ram Navami, Navratri Jaware Visarjan and Kanya Pujan or Kanjak

Day 10 (Dashmi) - October 16, 2021 (Saturday) - Dussehra, Navaratri Parana

The devotees worship these nine incarnations of goddess Durga till nine days to get blessing of Maa Durga. It is believed that People who worship Maa Bhagwati, do fasting and chanting mantras during Navratri will be blessed with prosperity, health and wisdom in their life. Jaagran has also been made by the devotees during navratri nights.

Navratri celebration and worshipping style is different in every state of India but the devotion is same for Navratri festival. It is celebrated widely in every part of India with great enthusiasm with a different name of Goddess, like in Gujarat devotees worship as Goddess Jagdamba while in West Bengal it is named as Durga Puja. In Kolkata people erected huge Pandals at various places for Durga Puja and set up great idols of Mata Durga for worship. In Gujarat, Dandiya and Garba are the two popular dance forms which are performed by the people during Navratri festival.