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Navratri

India's Ministry of Tourism describes Navratri as occurring over nine nights during the Hindu month of Ashvin, so the Gregorian dates vary from year to year.

Date / ruleNine nights in the Hindu month of Ashvin
ScopeIndia / Hindu festival
VerificationNational Tourism Cultural Rule Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Navratri?

India's Ministry of Tourism describes Navratri as occurring over nine nights during the Hindu month of Ashvin, so the Gregorian dates vary from year to year.

Date and recurrence

Nine nights in the Hindu month of Ashvin

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is India / Hindu festival. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Ministry of Tourism, India — Navratri MahotsavNational Government Tourism
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Navratri?

Nine nights in the Hindu month of Ashvin The stored recurrence guidance is: Nine nights during Ashvin; resolve target-year Gregorian dates from an authoritative calendar/source.

Does Navratri fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Navratri an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: India / Hindu festival. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Navratri?

The stored designation basis is: India's Ministry of Tourism describes Navratri as occurring over nine nights during the Hindu month of Ashvin, so the Gregorian dates vary from year to year.. Supporting provenance includes Ministry of Tourism, India — Navratri Mahotsav. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Navratri international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to India. Its fuller verified scope is: India / Hindu festival.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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