Durga Puja Calendar
Mahalaya to Vijayadashami, as kept in Bengal. 1996, times at New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Durga Puja Calendar 1996
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 1996 Saturday | Mahalaya | Amavasya 11 Oct, 19:02 to 12 Oct, 19:44 |
| 18 Oct 1996 Friday | Durga Puja begins, Bilva Nimantran (Maha Shashthi) | Shukla Shashthi 17 Oct, 16:20 to 18 Oct, 14:37 |
| 19 Oct 1996 Saturday | Maha Saptami, Navapatrika Puja | Shukla Saptami 18 Oct, 14:37 to 19 Oct, 12:41 |
| 20 Oct 1996 Sunday | Maha Ashtami | Shukla Ashtami 19 Oct, 12:41 to 20 Oct, 10:34 |
| 20 Oct 1996 Sunday | Sandhi Puja | From 20 Oct 10:10 to 20 Oct 10:58: the last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami |
| 21 Oct 1996 Monday | Maha Navami | Shukla Navami 20 Oct, 10:34 to 21 Oct, 08:19 |
| 21 Oct 1996 Monday | Vijayadashami, Sindoor Utsav | Shukla Dashami 21 Oct, 08:19 to 22 Oct, 05:59 |
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.