Navratri Parana 2025: Date, Time & Significance

Navratri Parana 2025: Date, Time & Significance

Navratri Parana marks the conclusion of the nine-day Sharadiya Navratri fasting and celebrations. Devotees eagerly wait for the correct Navratri Parana date and time to break their fast in an auspicious manner. As per tradition, Parana should be done after specific rituals and tithis, ensuring spiritual completeness. In 2025, Ashwina Navratri Parana will be observed on Thursday, October 2, 2025, after 06:10 AM, when Dashami Tithi begins.

Navratri Parana 2025: Date and Time

Navratri fasting is observed with deep devotion, symbolizing victory of good over evil. Navratri Parana is the ritual of breaking the fast at the end of nine days. However, Hindu scriptures present two differing opinions:

• Some texts suggest that Parana should be performed within Navami Tithi.
• Others, following Nirnaya Sindhu, recommend breaking the fast only on Dashami Tithi, after Navami ends.
• This distinction has led to different traditions in families and regions across India.

In North India, especially among families led by women devotees, Kanya Puja or Kumari Puja is performed on Ashtami or Navami Tithi. After this ritual, the fast is traditionally broken. Families following this method usually do not wait for Dashami Parana Muhurat.

• Maha Ashtami Puja: Some families break their fast on Ashtami.
• Maha Navami Puja: Others break it on Navami.

Different Observances of Navratri Fast

• Some devotees fast all nine days of Navratri, breaking it only on Parana day.
• Some follow a seven-night fast, ending on Ashtami.
• Others fast for eight nights, ending on Navami.

Importance of Navami Homa and Havan

Many families perform Navami Homa (Chandi Havan) during Navratri. This sacred fire ritual is considered highly auspicious when performed during the day on Navami Tithi. Since the Homa takes several hours, the fast is often broken only after both Navami Tithi and the Homa are completed.
Scriptural Guidelines for Navratri Parana

According to the Nirnaya Sindhu,

“अथ नवरात्रपारणानिर्णयः। सा च दशम्यां कार्या॥”

meaning, Navratri Parana should be performed on Dashami Tithi after Navami is over.

This ensures that fasting is observed throughout Navami and concluded in a spiritually complete manner. If Navami ends before sunset, the fast may end on the same day. Otherwise, devotees wait until the sunrise of Dashami to perform Parana.

Navratri Parana 2025 will be observed on October 2, 2025, after 06:10 AM, marking the end of Sharadiya Navratri fasting. While different families follow varying traditions based on scriptures and customs, the essence remains the same – offering devotion to Goddess Durga and concluding the fast with gratitude and prayers for prosperity and protection.