Chaitra Navratri 2023: Chaitra Navratri 2023 starting from March 22, know which spices should be eaten during this time and which should not!

Chaitra Navratri will begin on March 22, a nine-day long festival celebrated by devotees of Maa Durga. Navratri is celebrated four times a year in different months. These four Navratri are called - Sharadiya Navratri, Chaitra Navratri, Magha Gupta Navratri, and Ashadh Gupta Navratri.

Chaitra Navratri is usually celebrated during the Shukla Paksha of Chaitra and falls in the month of March or April. The nine-day festival will conclude on March 30 with Ram Navami.

Chaitra Navratri 2023: Foods that may or may not be eaten

During the fast, devotees keep fast and eat only satvik food. Food items like garlic, wheat flour, rice, brinjal, and mushrooms are avoided during the fast. Food items like Samvat rice, Buckwheat flour, Rajgira, Sabudana, Water chestnut flour, Potato, Sweet potato, Bottle gourd, Arbi, Spinach, Pumpkin, Gourd, Carrot and Cucumber are some of the foods allowed during fasting.

You should avoid consuming these spices during Navratri 

Garam Masala

Coriander Powder

Turmeric

Asafoetida

Mustard Fenugreek

Seeds

You can eat these spices in Navratri

Cumin

Black Pepper Powder

Green Cardamom

Clove

Cinnamon

Oregano

Black Peppercorns

Kokum

Nutmeg