"Navaratri," chikondwerero chausiku chachisanu ndi chinayi chotchedwa Dashain kapena Bada Dashain, chikondwerero chachikulu cha Ahindu mu Nepal, wayamba lero.
Ghatasthapana ndi tsiku loyamba la Bada Dashain, lokondwerera pa Ashwin Shukla Pratipada, tsiku loyamba la theka lowala la mwezi wa Asoj kapena Kartik ku Nepal. Chaka chino, nthawi yabwino ku Ghatasthapana inali nthawi ya 11:29 am.
Pa mwambo umenewu, mbewu za chimanga ndi balere zimafesedwa mumphika wodzadza ndi dothi pogwiritsa ntchito miyambo ya Vedic kuti ayambitse kukula kwa Jamara (mphukira).
Navaratra kapena Navaratri Parva, chikondwerero chausiku chachisanu ndi chinayi choperekedwa kwa mulungu wamkazi wachihindu Nawadurga, chimakondwerera, ndipo usiku uliwonse amaperekedwa kwa mulungu wamkaziyo pansi pa mayina ake osiyanasiyana, kuyambira ndi Shailaputri ndikupitiriza ndi milungu monga Brahamacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani. , Kalaratri, Mahagauri, ndi Siddhirati.