Durga Puja Calendar
Mahalaya to Vijayadashami, as kept in Bengal. 1940, times at New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Durga Puja Calendar 1940
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Oct 1940 Tuesday | Mahalaya | Amavasya 30 Sep, 21:54 to 01 Oct, 18:11 |
| 06 Oct 1940 Sunday | Durga Puja begins, Bilva Nimantran (Maha Shashthi) | Shukla Shashthi 06 Oct, 02:23 to 07 Oct, 00:47 |
| 07 Oct 1940 Monday | Maha Saptami, Navapatrika Puja | Shukla Saptami 07 Oct, 00:47 to 07 Oct, 23:56 |
| 08 Oct 1940 Tuesday | Maha Ashtami | Shukla Ashtami 07 Oct, 23:56 to 08 Oct, 23:51 |
| 08 Oct 1940 Tuesday | Sandhi Puja | From 08 Oct 23:27 to 09 Oct 00:15: the last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami |
| 09 Oct 1940 Wednesday | Maha Navami | Shukla Navami 08 Oct, 23:51 to 10 Oct, 00:30 |
| 10 Oct 1940 Thursday | Vijayadashami, Sindoor Utsav | Shukla Dashami 10 Oct, 00:30 to 11 Oct, 01:48 |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.