Navratri Ashtami 2025: Date, puja time, significance and rituals explained Maha Ashtami 2025 falls on September 30. Celebrate Navratri Ashtami with puja, Kumari Puja, and rituals invoking all nine forms of Goddess Durga. New Delhi:Maha Ashtami, also known as Durga Ashtami, is one of the most important and sacred days of Navratri and Durga Puja. Durgashtami Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Ashtami Tithi Begins: 16:31 on September 29, 202516:31 on September 29, 2025 Ashtami Tithi Ends: 18:06 on September 30, 2025Navratri 2025 Ashtami SignificanceMaha Ashtami is the second day of Durga Puja and a spiritually powerful day in Navratri. Ashtami Rituals and Puja VidhiThe rituals of Maha Ashtami are performed with great devotion and purity in homes and pandals across India.