Navratri 2025: When the CA’s Calendar Meets the Goddess’s Calendar

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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 calls, reviewing audit files, replying to Income Tax notices, and ensuring e-filing deadlines are not missed. 

The laptop remains open as late as the dandiya beats continue into the night.

Challenges Faced

  • Time Management: Balancing festive events with extended working hours.

  • Health: Managing fasting while sustaining long workdays.

  • Family vs. Clients: Juggling expectations at home and at office.

  • Mindset: Shifting from devotional calmness in the morning to high-pressure financial decision-making through the day.

Silver Lining – The Empowered Woman CA

Navratri celebrates Devi Shakti—the power and resilience of women. For a woman CA, the festival becomes symbolic:

  • Discipline of fasting reflects the commitment needed in audits.

  • Strength of Goddess Durga mirrors the mental endurance required during deadlines.

  • Grace in festive gatherings complements the professionalism in boardrooms.

Takeaways for Working Women Professionals

  1. Plan Ahead: Align compliance calendars with festive dates to avoid last-minute stress.

  2. Delegate Smartly: Train your team to handle routine tasks so you can enjoy family moments.

  3. Self-Care: Hydration and balanced meals are key if you are fasting.

  4. Celebrate Small Wins: Just like each Navratri day honours a different avatar of Goddess Durga, celebrate every deadline met.

Conclusion

Navratri in September 2025 is more than just a festival—it’s a reminder that women professionals embody the true essence of multitasking and perseverance. As a woman CA, you don’t just balance balance sheets; you balance life—with faith, family, and financial wisdom.

✨ End Note: Though I am personally not much into fasting, this blog is dedicated to all CA women who balance professional deadlines with festive devotion, embodying the spirit of true Shakti.

Happy Navratri !


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