Durga Puja Calendar 2025 (Worldwide)

Get ready to celebrate the spirit of Durga Puja 2025 with our complete festival calendar! Whether you’re planning rituals, pandal visits, or holiday travel, this guide helps you stay perfectly in sync with every Durga Puja date, from Mahalaya to Vijaya Dashami. Discover this Hindu festival timings, traditional events, and cultural insights—all in one place.

Durga Puja is a Hindu festival celebrated worldwide, especially in West Bengal, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Orissa, Delhi, Pune, and other parts of India. Even abroad, in cities like New York, Japan, London, Australia, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, New Jersey, Switzerland, and countries such as the UK and Bangladesh, grand celebrations take place. 

2025 Durga Puja Calendar for India, USA, London, UK, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Japan and others

Durga Puja 2025 will be celebrated from 28th September (Sasthi) to 2nd October (Vijaya Dashmi). The Mahalaya date is 21st September, so the Durga Puja 2025 is less than 1 month.

Days	Dates
Mahalaya	21st September, 2025
Maha Shashti	28th September, 2025
Maha Saptami	29th September, 2025
Maha Ashtami	30th September, 2025
Maha Navami	1st October, 2025
Maha Dashmi	2nd October, 2025

Durga Puja 2025 Countdown (Mahalaya: 21st September)

Durga Puja 2025 Countdown

Durga puja Visarjan Date 2025

Durga Puja Visarjan starts on 2nd October 2025.

Why We Celebrate Durga Puja?

Durga Puja symbolises the victory of good over evil. It commemorates Maa Durga’s triumph over Mahishasura (the bull demon). According to mythology, Mahishasura had an ambition to conquer the entire world, so he started creating chaos and wreaking havoc on people on Earth. Gods Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva summoned Goddess Durga to defeat him. Every major God gave her a weapon to fight and win the battle. 

Maa Durga went to the battlefield, sitting on a lion. After fierce fighting, she killed Mahishasura on the tenth day. Navratri is celebrated for nine nights and days to mark the battle between good and evil, and Durga Puja is celebrated for the last five days (from Shashti to Dashmi). According to legends, it’s on these five days every year that Maa Durga leaves her home in heaven and visits Earth. 

Every part of India has grand celebrations, especially in West Bengal. People from India and abroad come together to participate in the festivities. 

Significance of Durga Puja

Durga Puja marks Maa Durga’s victory against the demon Mahishasura. This festival spreads the message that good eventually triumphs over evil. According to Hindu scriptures, Maa Durga leaves her heavenly home every year and visits Earth during puja (five days). Goddess Durga symbolises the creation of life, so this puja is also celebrated as a harvest festival. 

Durga Puja, the most important Hindu festival, is less than 100 days away. According to the Hindu calendar, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura celebrate the festival in the month of Ashwin.

Five Important Days of Durga Puja

Durga Puja is a ten-day festival. The last five days hold the most importance. The prominent five days of the festival are Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami, and Maha Dashami.  

Maha Shashti

Maha Sashti is the beginning of the celebrations. On this day, the face of Goddess Durga’s idol is revealed. Rituals like Kalprarambha (the beginning of puja), Bodhon (the reveal of the face), Amontron (inviting Goddess Durga), and Odhibash (purifying the mandap) are performed on Maha Shashti. 

Maha Saptami

Maha Saptami begins by submerging a banana tree in holy water at dawn. And clad in a saree & offered sandalwood, incense, and flowers. This banana tree is called “Kola Bou” (banana plant bride). Then, Kola Bou is positioned beside God Ganesha as his newly married wife. A sacred bath of Nabapatrika (nine leaves) is another ritual to worship Kola Bou. It symbolises Maa Durga’s triumph over Mahishasura. 

Maha Ashtami

Maha Ashtami is the most auspicious day of Puja celebrations. Legends say that Maa Kali emerged from Maa Durga’s forehead to kill Raktabija, Munda, and Chanda. Kanya Puja (Kumari Puja) is an inseparable part of Maha Ashtami. Young girls are worshipped as avatars of Maa Durga. At the junction of Navami and Ashtami tithis, “Sandhi Puja” and “Yajna” are performed. 

Maha Navami

The day of Maha Navami symbolises new beginnings. On Navami, Maa Durga killed Mahishasura and became known as “Mahisasuramardini” (a subduer of Mahishasura). Kanjak puja is performed in many houses. Young girls are served chana, puri, and halwa in prasad. 

Maha Dashmi – Dussehra

Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra, is the last day of the Durga Puja celebrations. Women celebrate it with Sindoorkhela wearing a ‘Laal paad saree’ and applying sindoor on Maa Durga’s forehead and feet. Then, they apply sindoor on each other’s noa, shaka, pola, and forehead (symbolising marital status). Married women bid farewell to the goddess by performing the Devi Baran ritual and offering sweets. 

Conclusion

On the last day (Dashmi) of Durga Puja, we bid goodbye to Maa Durga with a heavy heart. I hope that next year, we will welcome her with even greater honour. The idols are loaded on trucks, paraded around the streets, and immersed in the Ganga. All pandals are dismantled, with the hope of being reborn in a new form the following year. So, I believe you get the answer: How many days are left for Durga Puja?

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