Nakshatra – Hasta or Hastam or Atham Nakshatra till 4:25 PM on September 28, 2011. Afterwards it is Chitra or Chithirai Nakshatram.
Rashi or Moon Sign – Kanya Rashi.
Festivals, Vrat and Auspicious days – Navratri begins. Ghatasthapana.
Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pratipada or first day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Ashwin month in calendars followed in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pratipada or first day during the waxing phase of moon in Ashvin month in calendars followed in Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir.
11th day of Puratassi Masam in Tamil Calendar followed in Tamil Nadu.12th day of Kanni Masam in Malayalam Calendar in Kerala.10th day of Aashin month in Bengali Calendar.