Ashadha Gupt Navratri Begins: Monday, 5 July 2027. Pratipada tithi in New Delhi: 4 Jul, 08:32 – 5 Jul, 04:51 IST.
Timings in New Delhi
- Pratipada tithi
- 4 Jul, 08:32 – 5 Jul, 04:51
How we calculate this
- Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri) from each city's own sunrise and sunset. Other almanacs can differ by a minute or two.
Ashadha Gupt Navratri Begins (आषाढ़ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरंभ) is a festival falling in the Hindu lunar month of आषाढ़. Its position is fixed by tithi rather than by the Gregorian calendar, so the date moves every year and is computed from the panchang. Tradition keeps a fast on the day.
Ashadha Gupt Navratri Begins
आषाढ़ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरंभ
Hindu month: आषाढ़
Panchang Basis (Tithi Rule)
Ashadha Shukla Pratipada fixes the day, so the English date moves each year.
About This Festival
The first day of the monsoon 'secret' Navratri of Ashadha — a Ghatasthapana kept without public festivity, devoted to the Das Mahavidyas and silent mantra sadhana through nine rain- washed nights.
आषाढ़ मास की गुप्त नवरात्रि का प्रथम दिन — बिना सार्वजनिक उत्सव के घटस्थापना कर दस महाविद्याओं की मौन मंत्र-साधना के नौ रात्रियों का आरंभ।
Significance
One of the two gupt (hidden) Navratris, observed not with pandals and garba but with private sadhana — the reason tantra traditions prize it above the public Navratris for mantra siddhi. The Das Mahavidyas, from Kali to Kamala, are invoked in sequence; householders typically keep a simpler Durga vrat with the Saptashati path. Falling as the monsoon breaks and Chaturmas begins, it is treated as a window for inner course-correction: sadhana done quietly now is said to bear fruit through the waterlogged, inward months that follow.
Puja Vidhi (How to Observe)
Perform Ghatasthapana in the morning muhurat as in any Navratri — kalash on sown barley in the north-east — but keep the observance private and simple. Worship the Devi morning and evening with a ghee diya, flowers, and sattvik bhog; practitioners take up one Mahavidya mantra or the Saptashati as the nine-day anushthan with a fixed daily japa count. Maintain phalahar or single-meal vrat, silence where possible during sadhana hours, and close on navami with havan and kanya pujan done quietly at home.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Ashadha Gupt Navratri Begins celebrated?
Ashadha Gupt Navratri Begins falls on Wednesday, 15 July 2026 and on Monday, 5 July 2027.
Is Ashadha Gupt Navratri Begins a fasting (vrat) day?
Yes, Ashadha Gupt Navratri Begins is a vrat.
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