Sun Sep 21 03:30:00 UTC 2025: Okay, here’s a news article summarizing the information about Navratri 2025:

**News Article**

**Navratri 2025: Dates, Auspicious Timings, and Rituals for the Nine-Day Festival**

New Delhi – Devotees across India are preparing for the auspicious festival of Navratri, dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga. In 2025, the Sharadiya Navratri will commence on **September 22nd, Monday**, and conclude on **October 2nd, Thursday**.

According to the Hindu calendar, the Pratipada Tithi (first day) of the Ashwin Shukla Paksha falls on September 22nd, marking the beginning of the nine-day festivities. This period is considered highly sacred, with devotees observing fasts, performing special prayers, and engaging in various religious rituals.

**Ghatasthapana (Kalash Sthapana)**

The first day of Navratri is especially significant as it involves the ritual of Ghatasthapana, the establishment of a sacred pot (Kalash). Auspicious timings (Chaughadiya Muhurat) for Ghatasthapana on September 22nd are as follows:

* Morning: 09:11 AM to 10:43 AM
* Late Morning: 10:42 AM to 12:11 PM
* Afternoon: 12:11 PM to 01:39 PM
* Evening: 04:35 PM to 06:05 PM and 06:05 PM to 07:37 PM

The Kalash is decorated with turmeric, betel nut, durva grass, and five types of leaves. Barley seeds are sown in a bed of sand placed below the Kalash. Recitations of Durga Saptashati and Durga Chalisa are also common practices during Navratri.

**Rituals for Navratri**

Devotees are advised to cleanse the puja area with Ganga Jal (holy water) before starting the rituals. An ashtadal is then created with turmeric. Then, take a soil pot, put soil in it and sow barley seeds for Kalash Sthapana. Draw a swastika with roli on a copper or mud pot. Tie mauli on the upper part of the pot. Now, add some Ganga water to the clean water in this pot. Now add a coin, turmeric, betel nut, akshat, paan, flower and cardamom to the water of this urn. Then put five types of leaves and cover the urn. After this wrap a coconut in a red chunari and place it on top of the urn.

**Other daily rituals include:**

* Waking up early and cleaning the temple.
* Performing Abhishek (ritual bathing) of Goddess Durga with Ganga Jal.
* Offering Akshat (rice), red sandalwood paste, chunari (red cloth), and red flowers to the Goddess.
* Performing Jalabhishek of all deities and offering fruits, flowers, and tilak.
* Offering fruits and sweets as Prasad.
* Lighting incense sticks and a ghee lamp in the temple.
* Reciting Durga Saptashati and Durga Chalisa.
* Performing Aarti (a devotional ritual) with camphor and cloves placed on a betel leaf.
* Offering a final prayer of forgiveness.

Navratri is a time for spiritual reflection, devotion, and celebration of the divine feminine.

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