Durga Puja

Durga Puja runs from 2027-10-05 to 2027-10-10, observed mainly in East India. It's a feast period — Feast / festival eating day (Diwali, Eid, Holi, Onam, Pongal, Christmas, Durga Puja, weddings). Shashthi 5 Oct, Saptami 6 Oct, Ashtami 7 Oct, Navami 8-9 Oct, Vijayadashami/Visarjan 10 Oct (Bengali calendar; North-Indian Dussehra is 9 Oct). Same rules as 2026: protect sleep, 25-minute morning sessions, pandal walking as steps, one mishti a day.

Budget +500 kcal over maintenance on the peak day(s) and log it as planned, not as a failure. Caps: 1 mithai/sweet serving per day, 1 katori namkeen/fried snack, 2 alcoholic drinks. Never fast the next day to compensate; return to the plan. Weigh 3 days later, not the morning after (sodium + glycogen water). For a 90-day plan, expect Diwali week to cost 0-0.5 kg of progress if the caps are kept. On protein: Eat a 30 g protein meal before the party (eggs/paneer/curd/dal/chicken) so festive food is eaten on a half-full stomach. At the feast take protein and sabzi first, then rice/roti, then one sweet. Total protein target unchanged.

There isn't enough allowed-food data to assemble a full sample menu for this observance yet.