Durga Ashtami 2026 in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Sunrise 06:12, Mon 19 Oct
Festival · times in PKT
When is Durga Ashtami 2026 in Gilgit?
Durga Ashtami Sunrise: what time?
Sunrise
06:12
Why is Durga Ashtami on Mon 19 Oct in Gilgit?
Durga Ashtami is on Mon 19 Oct: Ashtami holds sunrise that day.
Sunrise at 06:11 is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 07:58. Ashtami: 07:58 to 10:22 Mon.
Ashtami at sunrise, 06:12. Ashtami: 07:58 Sun to 10:22.
One row per day, on one clock (PKT). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunrise. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Durga Ashtami follows the tithi at sunrise. Ashtami runs from 07:58 on Sun 18 Oct to 10:22 on Mon 19 Oct, so it holds sunrise only on Mon 19 Oct, at 06:12. No text giving Durga Ashtami’s time was found; sunrise is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Ashwina Shukla Ashtami
Durga Ashtami follows the tithi at sunrise.
- Smarta
- the day Ashtami holds at sunrise: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.