Durga Puja 2024: Know Mahalaya 2024 Date, Dussehra 2024 Date And All About This Festival

Durga Puja 2024: According to panchang, Durga Puja will be once again celebrated in the October month this year, but the festivities will get over by the middle of the month.

Durga Puja will be celebrated in the first half of October in 2024.

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Durga Puja 2024: Durga Puja is celebrated in the month of Ashwin. Devotees of Goddess Durga eagerly await this festival, during the nine days of Sharadiya Navratri, worship, Garba, Kanya Pujan, Jagrata, and other rituals are performed to please the nine forms of Goddess Durga. Durga Puja begins with Devi Paksha on the auspicious day of Mahalaya. 

Find out the date of Mahalaya and all about Durga Puja 2024:

When Is Mahalaya 2024?

It's on the on the first day of Devi Paksha that Goddess Durga arrives on the Earth. Devi Paksha starts from the next day of Mahalaya Amavasya that marks the end of Pitri Paksha, also spelt Pitru Paksha. According to Drik Panchang, in 2024, Pitri Paksha will begin on September 17 and end on October 2. The last day of Pitri Paksha is Mahalaya Amavasya, which means Mahalaya 2024 will be on Wednesday, October 2, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti that's a national holiday.   

On Mahalaya, Hindus pay homage to their ancestors. Devi Paksha starts the next day and Durga Puja, including Chandi Path, begins from that day. 

When Is Durga Puja 2024?

According to Drik Panchang, Goddess Durga will arrive on palanquin this year. The Durgotsav, which refers to the five days of festivities starting from Shashthi and ending on Vijaya Dashami or Dussehra, will begin from October 9 and end on October 13, 2024.

Durga Puja 2024 Calendar

Mahalaya: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Maha Panchami: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Maha Shashthi: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Maha Saptami: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Maha Ashtami: Friday, October 11, 2024
Maha Navami: Saturday, October 12, 2024
Vijaya Dashami/Dussehra: Sunday, October 13, 2024 

When Is Kojagiri Purnima 2024?

In some eastern states, especially West Bengal, Odisha and Assam, Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped on the full moon day (Kojagiri Purnima) of Ashwin month. The day comes five days after Vijaya Dashami, giving a continuation to the Durga Puja festivities. This year, according to Drik Panchang, Kojagiri Purnima will be on October 16, when Lakshmi Puja will be celebrated.