When you fast till asthami then fast all days. Otherwise.... if you do fast till navami them fast till navami. When you fast only for seven (7) days then fast from tritiya to navami (7 days), if you fast for five (5) days then fast from panchami (5) to navami (5 days). If you fast only for 3 days then fast from saptami to navami. If you fast for two days then only asthami and navami. If you fast only for a day then only asthami tithi or on navami tithi. Here these are tithis, not days....
When there is a tithi kshaya or tithi vriddhi then do puja accordingly, do it on both days if tithi vriddhi or one day or if one tithi kshaya (three tithis in a day) then do puja twice on that day.
One should not do more or less navaratri or puja than family tradition (kulachar).
When there is a asthami visible during sunrise that day should be asthami, even if it's mixed with navami, in that case perform asthami related puja on that day. Chaitra navaratri in 2009 in the USA has one day less for navaratri, and asthami in USA is on April 2nd 2009 and hence the puja should be done on April 2nd in USA not on April 3rd 2009. April 3rd 2009 is Rama Navami (Shuddha), not asthami. The asthami tithi doesn't even prevail for a second on April 3rd 2009 in the USA.
for details on finding tithis in your area please visit http://www.mypanchang.com/panchang2009.html
Why Indian calendar is not applicable in usa? read this.
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