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**Navratri 2025: Auspicious Timings for Kanya Pujan Revealed**

**NEW DELHI, India –** Devotees preparing for Navratri in 2025 can now mark their calendars with the auspicious timings for Kanya Pujan, a significant ritual during the nine-day festival. Kanya Pujan, the worship of young girls representing different forms of Goddess Durga, is considered highly auspicious, especially on the eighth (Ashtami) and ninth (Navami) days of Navratri.

According to Hindu scriptures, worshipping girls aged 2 to 10 years brings unique blessings. For example, worshipping a two-year-old girl is believed to remove poverty, while worshipping a nine-year-old is said to grant victory over enemies.

Here are the auspicious timings for Kanya Pujan in 2025:

* **Ashtami (September 30th, Tuesday):**

* Brahma Muhurat: 04:37 AM to 05:25 AM
* Abhijit Muhurat: 11:47 AM to 12:35 PM
* Vijay Muhurat: 02:10 PM to 02:58 PM
* **Navami (October 1st):**

* Brahma Muhurat: 04:37 AM to 05:26 AM
* Vijay Muhurat: 02:09 PM to 02:57 PM
* Ravi Yoga: 08:06 AM onwards (all day)

**How to Perform Kanya Pujan:**

The Kanya Pujan ritual involves several steps:

1. **Invitation:** Humbly invite young girls (kanya) to your home.
2. **Welcome:** Greet them respectfully and seat them on a designated platform (asan).
3. **Washing:** Wash their feet and apply roli or kumkum (vermilion) on their foreheads. Offer them a chunri (a scarf).
4. **Prayer:** Meditate on Goddess Durga and offer prayers to the young girls.
5. **Food:** Serve them a specially prepared meal.
6. **Gifts:** Offer dakshina (money) and other gifts as a token of respect.
7. **Blessings:** Seek their blessings by touching their feet before they depart.

Devotees are encouraged to observe these auspicious timings and perform the Kanya Pujan with utmost devotion to receive the blessings of Goddess Durga.

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