Navratri 2025: When the CA’s Calendar Meets the Goddess’s Calendar
Navratri 2025: When the CA’s Calendar Meets the Goddess’s Calendar Navratri 2025 – Balancing Festivities and Deadlines as a Woman Chartered Accountant Navratri is not just a festival—it’s nine days of devotion, colour, music, and togetherness. For many working women, especially professionals like Chartered Accountants, Navratri also becomes a test of balance: between tradition and work, rituals and reports, family and clients. The September 2025 Context This year, Navratri falls in September—a crucial month for Chartered Accountants in India. With Income Tax Return filing, tax audit season, and ROC compliance in full swing, it is the busiest period in a CA’s calendar. Add to it the nine days of fasting, garba nights, and cultural rituals, and you have the perfect recipe for a dual marathon—professional and personal. The CA’s Dilemma As a woman CA, mornings often start with prayers, traditional attire, and sometimes managing fasting. Yet, by 10 am, it is all about client call...