Happy Navratri 2026: What are the Nine Colours? Check Date, Significance, Meanings, Puja Rituals, Fasting Rules and the Nine Forms of Goddess Durga

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Happy Navratri 2026: Shardiya Navratri 2026 starts from Sunday, 11th October and will end on Monday, 19th October and Vijayadashami (Dussehra) falls on 20th October. Each day has a particular colour during Navratri and wearing clothes of that colour is one of the things people love about Navratri. 

The Navratri 9 colours include the orange, white, red, royal blue, yellow, green, gray, purple and peacock green and each is associated with a particular day, a particular mood and a particular form of Maa Durga. 

What most people forget is that the colours aren’t permanent; their order changes every year depending on the weekday on which Navratri starts. This guide will give you all the colours along with their significance, the right order of the colours for Navratri 2026 along with dates, the Goddess for each day and how to use these colours in your life.

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What Are the 9 Colours of Navratri?

Colors for Navratri 9 include orange, white, red, royal blue, yellow, green, grey, purple and peacock green. One color for each of the nine days is allotted to be worn by the devotees in tribute to the goddess for the particular day. 

The colors of Navratri 9 comprise a set that is published by almanacs and panchangs before the start of every Navratri while in some years, one of the nine colors is substituted by pink according to the start of the festival.

It is useful to divide the colours into two groups. There are seven colours that correspond to each day of the week, followed by two additional colours, purple and peacock green, because Navratri lasts longer than one week and this will be demonstrated in the next section.

How the Navratri Colours are Decided Each Year

The colours of Navratri depend on the day of the week on which the festival starts and the colour of the first day is determined according to the colour of that day of the week and then the colours of the rest of the days are determined according to a fixed, cyclical sequence.

That is why the sequence of the colours of Navratri 9 varies every year. Every day of the week has a traditional colour associated with it. These are the seven base colours:

Navratri 2026 Colours, Dates and Days

Shardiya Navratri 2026 will start from Sunday, 11th October and will end on Monday, 19th October with Vijayadashami (Dussehra) falling on 20th October. As day one falls on a Sunday, the 2026 cycle will start with orange.

Here is the full Navratri 2026 colour list with dates, weekdays and the goddess worshipped each day:

What Each Navratri Colour Means

The importance of the colours of Navratri lies in the fact that every colour has its own energy and wearing it means that you are welcoming that particular energy in your life. Below you will find out why every particular colour is cherished for what energy it brings.