Navratri fasting rules 2026: What can you eat and what should you avoid during nine-day vrat?

What can you eat during Navratri fast? Check the complete vrat-friendly food list, foods to avoid and important fasting rules for Shardiya Navratri 2026.

New Delhi: During Navratri vrat, devotees commonly replace regular grains with fasting-friendly ingredients such as kuttu flour, singhare flour, sama rice and sabudana. Fruits, milk, curd, potatoes, nuts and sendha namak are also widely used in vrat meals. Traditional North Indian fasting rules generally exclude wheat, ordinary rice, pulses, onion, garlic and regular table salt, although permitted foods can differ between households.

Shardiya Navratri 2026 begins on October 11. Whether you plan to observe the fast for all nine days or on selected days, knowing which ingredients are traditionally allowed and which are avoided can help you plan your meals.

What Can You Eat During Navratri Fasting?

The following foods are commonly included in a traditional North Indian Navratri vrat diet.

Popular vrat dishes include sabudana khichdi, kuttu puri, sama rice khichdi, roasted makhana, fruit bowls and potato........

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