Navratri 2026 Colours: What Terracotta Jewellery to Wear Each of the Nine Days
Navratri 2026 begins on Sunday 11 October and runs through Maha Navami on 19 October, with Vijayadashami on the 20th. Each day carries a colour — the order follows the weekday the festival starts on, so this year opens in orange — and matching the day's colour is half the fun of golu visits and garba nights.
Terracotta has one advantage over metal across nine nights: weight. A full clay set is 60–110 grams, so the ninth evening feels the same as the first. Here is what works from our shelves, day by day.
Day 1 — Saturday 11 October: Orange
Warm territory. A multi-colour set with rust and ochre carries orange without needing an exact match, and the Yamuna jhumkas pick up orange in their bead trio.
Day 2 — 12 October: White
The quietest palette we make — white and gold. Ivory rather than stark white, deliberately, so it sits softly against silk.
Day 3 — 13 October: Red
The easiest day. Red and gold is the bridal palette and the biggest range we fire — kemp reds, temple golds, chokers and haarams both.
Day 4 — 14 October: Royal Blue
Blue and gold — one of the hardest colours to hold in the kiln, so batches are small. If a blue set is on the page today, that is the batch; the next firing will not match it exactly.
Day 5 — 15 October: Yellow
Gold does yellow's work. An antique gold temple set against mustard silk reads fuller than any painted yellow could.
Day 6 — 16 October: Green
Green and gold, bottle green through leaf. Green needs a slower firing than the warm colours, so these come in smaller numbers.
Day 7 — 17 October: Grey
The oxidised-silver finishes — the Yamuna jhumkas and the silver-framed pieces in the jhumka collection — do grey's job with more character than a grey bead ever could.
Day 8 — 18 October: Purple
The Thenral jhumkas — a violet square in hammered silver — were practically made for this day. Purple-and-pink sets in the pink family work too.
Day 9 — 19 October: Peacock Green
Finish on our rarest colour: teal and gold. Teal pigment moves under kiln heat, so no two batches match — which feels right for the last night.
One set for all nine days
If nine matches is more planning than you want, a multi-colour set picks up whichever colour you are wearing, and the Navratri collection gathers everything above in one place.
We fire in small batches and festival stock goes early. If you are matching a specific saree, send a photo on WhatsApp and we will point you at the right set — made-to-order colour matching takes about four weeks, so for this Navratri, order from what you can see.