September 15, 2025 Parth Pooja

Sharad Navratri 2025 – 9 Days of Divine Blessings, Colors & Prasad

Sharad Navratri is a sacred and joyful festival celebrated across India with devotion, colors, and spiritual fervor. It honors the nine powerful forms of Goddess Durga, each day dedicated to a unique blessing, color, and offering. Join us as we explore the significance of each day, the rituals, and the divine energy that brings peace, strength, and prosperity into our lives during this auspicious nine-day celebration.

Dates: 22nd September – 1st October 2025
Vijayadashami/Dussehra: 2nd October 2025

Navratri, one of the most auspicious festivals in Hinduism, is celebrated with devotion and grandeur across India. It honors the nine forms of Goddess Durga (Navadurgas), each representing unique energies and blessings. Every day of Navratri has a dedicated color, special offering (prasad), and spiritual significance.

Let us walk through each day of Sharad Navratri 2025, understanding the Goddess, her blessings, and the divine symbolism.

Day 1 – 22nd September 2025

Goddess Shailaputri

Color of the Day: Orange
Prasad Offering: Ghee
Blessings: Stability, strength, and spiritual awakening.

Shailaputri, “Daughter of the Mountain,” is the embodiment of purity and devotion. Worshipping her brings grounding energy, helping devotees build a strong spiritual foundation. Offering ghee to her is believed to bless the devotee with health, vitality, and freedom from physical ailments.

Day 2 – 23rd September 2025

Goddess Brahmacharini

Color of the Day: White
Prasad Offering: Sugar or sugar-based sweets
Blessings: Peace, harmony, and spiritual growth.

Brahmacharini symbolizes devotion and penance. She represents the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom. Worshipping her helps in overcoming challenges with patience. Offering sugar enhances purity of mind and sweetness in relationships.

Day 3 – 24th September 2025

Goddess Chandraghant

Color of the Day: Red
Prasad Offering: Milk-based sweets like payasam or kheer
Blessings: Courage, strength, and protection.

Chandraghanta, with her crescent moon-shaped ornament, represents bravery. Devotees worship her to remove fear, negativity, and obstacles. Offering kheer or payasam brings peace to the household and protection from evil energies.

Day 4 – 25th September 2025

Goddess Kushmanda

Color of the Day: Royal Blue
Prasad Offering: Malpua or lentil fritters
Blessings: Energy, vitality, and happiness.

Kushmanda is believed to be the creator of the universe with her divine smile. She brings light, vitality, and good health. Devotees prepare malpua or fried delicacies as offerings, which signify joy and nourishment. Worshipping her is said to remove sorrows and bring prosperity.

Day 5 – 26th September 2025

Goddess Skandamata

Color of the Day: Yellow
Prasad Offering: Bananas
Blessings: Prosperity, motherly love, and harmony.

Skandamata, the mother of Lord Kartikeya, is worshipped for nurturing qualities and blessings of prosperity. She represents selfless love and grants happiness to families. Offering bananas symbolizes fertility, health, and prosperity in the household.

Day 6 – 27th September 202

Goddess Katyayani

Color of the Day: Green
Prasad Offering: Honey
Blessings: Strength, relationships, and fulfillment of desires.

Katyayani is the fierce warrior form of Durga, worshipped for courage and inner strength. Devotees, especially young girls, pray to her for good relationships and happy married life. Offering honey symbolizes attraction of positive energies and harmony in relationships.

Day 7 – 28th September 2025

Goddess Kalaratri

Color of the Day: Grey
Prasad Offering: Jaggery or sweets made with jaggery
Blessings: Protection, fearlessness, and liberation from negativity.

Kalaratri, with her fierce form, destroys demons and negative forces. She is the remover of darkness and fears. Offering jaggery symbolizes sweetness that emerges after struggle and helps overcome financial troubles. Worshipping her ensures protection and courage in difficult times.

Day 8 – 29th September 2025

Goddess Mahagauri

Color of the Day: Purple
Prasad Offering: Coconut
Blessings: Purity, peace, and relief from past karma.

Mahagauri is known for her radiant beauty and purity. She symbolizes forgiveness and blessings of calmness. Devotees worship her for purity of heart, marriage harmony, and spiritual progress. Offering coconut removes negativity and ensures inner peace.

Day 9 – 1st October 2025

Goddess Siddhidatri

Color of the Day: Peacock Green
Prasad Offering: Sesame seeds
Blessings: Wisdom, divine powers, and spiritual fulfillment.

Siddhidatri is the final form of Durga and the giver of siddhis (divine powers). Worshipping her blesses devotees with wisdom, clarity, and success. Offering sesame seeds removes obstacles, balances energies, and ensures overall prosperity.

Vijayadashami – 2nd October 2025

Navratri concludes with Vijayadashami, also known as Dussehra, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. It celebrates Lord Rama’s victory over Ravana and Goddess Durga’s triumph over Mahishasura. It is a day of victory, new beginnings, and blessings of courage and success.

How to Celebrate Navratri Spiritually in 2025

Begin each day with a sacred bath and wear the color of the day.
Light diyas, chant Durga mantras, and offer flowers and prasad to the Goddess.
Maintain a sattvic (pure) diet and share food with the needy.
Meditate on the qualities of each Goddess and invoke her blessings in your life.
Place yantras, rudrakshas, and vastu products in your pooja space to attract positivity.