Seated on the lotus, worshipped by gods and sages, she bestows every siddhi and crowns the nine nights.
Monday, 19 October 2026·Ashwin Shukla Navami (Navratri Day 9, Maha Navami)·Mumbai, Maharashtra
Main worship of Durga as Siddhidatri for fulfilment, perfection and the completion of the nine-night sadhana.
Alternative auspicious windows for the Havan, shorter puja, mantra japa and the Kanya Pujan feast.
The ninth and final night, Maha Navami, belongs to Siddhidatri, who bestows the eight siddhis and every perfection. She completes the sadhana of Navratri, and her worship - often through the concluding Havan (Homa) and the Kanya Pujan feast - seals the fruits of the nine nights. As Navami closes, Navratri gives way to Vijayadashami (Dussehra), the day of victory.
Siddhidatri represents the completion and fruit of sadhana - the state where discipline blossoms into attainment. Her worship seeks fulfilment of purpose, the perfection of one's practice and the removal of ignorance, so that both worldly aims and spiritual liberation are within reach. She is the culmination toward which the whole of Navratri moves.
To seek fulfilment, perfection and the fruits of the nine-night sadhana, and to honour Maha Navami with the concluding Havan and the Kanya Pujan feast.
Siddhidatri is serene and resplendent, seated upon a full-blown lotus and served by a lion; four-armed, she holds a mace, a discus, a lotus and a conch. Worshipped by gods, sages, siddhas and asuras alike, she is the source of all attainment: it is said that Shiva himself won his powers by her grace, and that from her half of Shiva's being became Ardhanarishvara. She bestows the eight great siddhis - anima, mahima, garima, laghima, prapti, prakamya, ishitva and vashitva - and every worldly and spiritual perfection the devotee is ready to receive. On her day the long discipline of the nine nights ripens into fulfilment. Her seed mantra is 'ॐ देवी सिद्धिदात्र्यै नमः'.
The eight great perfections - anima, mahima, garima, laghima, prapti, prakamya, ishitva and vashitva - along with every worldly and spiritual attainment the devotee is ready to receive.
A fire offering (Homa) in which oblations are made into the sacred fire while chanting mantras, performed to seal and complete the fruits of the nine-night vrat.
Sesame (til) is her traditional bhog; the Kanya Pujan feast typically adds halwa, puri and chana. Her seed mantra 'ॐ देवी सिद्धिदात्र्यै नमः' is chanted as japa for fulfilment.
Navami closes the nine nights, and Navratri gives way to Vijayadashami (Dussehra) the next day - the festival of victory, when the fruits of the completed sadhana are celebrated.