Durga Puja 2024: When is Ashtami, Navami? Complete calendar and essential dates you need to know

Durga Puja, celebrated in the month of Ashvin, is a much-awaited Hindu festival, particularly for Bengalis. The revered festival is celebrated with great pomp and fervour, celebrating the victory of good over evil, with Goddess Durga defeating the buffalo demon Mahishasura. It is an auspicious day that marks Pitru Paksha's end and Debi Paksha's beginning. Debi Paksha is the fortnight of the celebrations of the divine feminine.