Magha Gupta Navratri 2026
Magha Gupta Navratri 2026 falls on Monday, Monday, January 19, 2026. Observed on: magha shukla 1.
Exact date, puja muhurat & city-wise timings for Magha Gupta Navratri 2026
Key Information
Festival Date
Monday, January 19, 2026
2026 Calendar Context
Weekday
Monday
Vikram Samvat
2083
Shaka Samvat
1948
This year Magha Gupta Navratri falls on a Monday, 11 days earlier than 2025 (2025-01-30) — typical lunar-calendar drift.
Falling on a Monday brings a Chandra emphasis — lunar rites and milk/rice offerings carry extra weight, especially for the moon-sensitive nakshatras.
The 2025 observance fell on Thursday, 2025-01-30 — this year arrives 11 days earlier in the Gregorian calendar, the familiar 11-day shift of the unmodified lunar year.
Looking ahead to 2027, Magha Gupta Navratri will fall on Sunday, 2027-02-07 (19 days later than this year). So planning ritual schedules across years means anchoring to the tithi rather than the Gregorian date.
Astronomical context for Magha Gupta Navratri 2026
On Monday, January 19, 2026, sunrise in Delhi (the reference city for this page) falls at 07:14 IST and sunset at 17:49 IST — a daylight span of 10h 35m. Across the six pan-Indian cities tabulated below, sunrise on this date varies from 06:18 (Kolkata) at the eastern edge to 07:14 (Mumbai) in the west — a 56-minute difference that drives the city-by-city muhurat shift you see in the table.
For Magha Gupta Navratri 2026, the central rite of udaya tithi (sunrise) depends on the Magha Shukla 1 being present during that window on 2026-01-19 — confirmed across 6 reference cities in this year's computation pass. Cities further east (Kolkata, Chennai) see the window open ~15-25 minutes before Delhi; cities west of Delhi (Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore) see it start later by a similar margin.
City-Wise Timings for Magha Gupta Navratri 2026
| City | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 7:14 AM | 5:49 PM |
| Mumbai | 7:14 AM | 6:23 PM |
| Bangalore | 6:46 AM | 6:14 PM |
| Chennai | 6:35 AM | 6:03 PM |
| Kolkata | 6:18 AM | 5:15 PM |
| Pune | 7:09 AM | 6:20 PM |
Click any city for detailed local timings, puja vidhi & samagri list
Why This Date?
Magha Gupta Navratri follows the Udaya Tithi rule – the festival is observed on the day when the required tithi prevails at sunrise. This is the default Dharmasindhu convention for festivals without a special time-window requirement.
Deity
Dasa Mahavidya (Ten Tantric Goddesses)
Legend & History
The Gupta (secret) Navratri in the month of Magha is dedicated to the worship of the ten Mahavidyas – the tantric forms of the Divine Mother. Unlike the popular Chaitra and Sharad Navratris, this is… Read full legend →Show less ↑
The Gupta (secret) Navratri in the month of Magha is dedicated to the worship of the ten Mahavidyas – the tantric forms of the Divine Mother. Unlike the popular Chaitra and Sharad Navratris, this is observed primarily by tantric practitioners.
How to Observe
Nine days of worship of the Mahavidyas (Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, Kamala). Tantric rituals, mantra sadhana, and havan. Kept private ("gupta") by practitioners.
Significance
The Gupta Navratris are considered even more powerful than the main Navratris for tantric sadhana. Magha Gupta Navratri falls in winter and is especially potent for mantra siddhi and spiritual awakening.
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