2024
Thursday, 24 October 2024
In 2024 the tithi runs from 1:19 am on 24 Oct to 1:58 am on 25 Oct; it is running at pradosh, the twilight just after sunset on Thursday, 24 October 2024, so that is the day of Ahoi Ashtami.
2025
Monday, 13 October 2025
In 2025 the tithi runs from 12:24 pm on 13 Oct to 11:10 am on 14 Oct; it is running at pradosh, the twilight just after sunset on Monday, 13 October 2025, so that is the day of Ahoi Ashtami.
How the date is fixed
Ahoi Ashtami falls on the eighth day of the dark half of the lunar month Ashwina (Krishna Ashtami). The date is the day on which that tithi is running at pradosh, the twilight just after sunset. In the North Indian (purnimanta) calendar the same fortnight is counted in Kartika.
About
Ahoi Ashtami falls on the eighth tithi of the dark half of Ashwina in amanta reckoning (Kartika Krishna Ashtami in the north), four days after Karwa Chauth and eight before Diwali, in October or November. The fast is broken in the evening at the first sighting of stars, so the day whose dusk carries Ashtami is chosen. An image of Ahoi Mata is drawn or hung on the wall and the story told before the stars appear. It is kept in the same belt as Karwa Chauth and often by the same households.
How it is observed
A day-long fast by mothers, the Ahoi story at dusk, and water offered to the stars before eating.