Basant Panchami 2024: The festival of Basant Panchami will be celebrated tomorrow. The festival of Basant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Magh, on this day Mother Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and wisdom, is worshipped. This year Basant Panchami will be celebrated on Wednesday, 14 February 2024, from this day the spring season arrives, that is why yellow color has special significance on the day of Basant Panchami. There is a religious belief that Mother Saraswati was born on this day. The day of Basant Panchami is very special for students, people associated with art, music etc.
Basant Panchami date
According to the Panchang, the Panchami Tithi of Shukla Paksha of Magh month will start on 13th February at 02:41 PM. Panchami Tithi will end on 14th February at 12:09 pm. The day of Basant Panchami is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, art and music. The day of Basant Panchami is known as Abujha Muhurta. Marriage and any new work can be started on this day. The auspicious time for worship of Basant Panchami will be from 7:01 am to 12:35 pm on 14th February. The auspicious time on Basant Panchami is for 5 hours 35 minutes.
Auspicious time of Saraswati Puja
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Panchami Tithi: 6:28 am to 5:52 pm
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Labh and Amrit Muhurta: 6.28 am to 9.15 am
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Auspicious Yoga Muhurta: 10.40 am to 12.04 pm
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Abhijit Muhurta: 11:41 am to 12:26 pm
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Char Muhurta: 2:52 pm to 4:17 pm
Basant Panchami puja method
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On the day of Basanti Panchami, wake up early in the morning and take bath.
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After that install the idol of Mother Saraswati on a clean platform.
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On this day, worship should be done wearing yellow clothes only.
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Worship Goddess Saraswati and offer food.
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At last perform Aarti of Goddess Saraswati and distribute Prasad.
Importance of Basant Panchami 2024
On the day of Basant Panchami, worship of Mother Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, has special significance. Wearing yellow clothes on this day has special significance. It is believed that Goddess Saraswati was born on this date. In Muhurta Shastra, the date of Basant Panchami is considered as an unknown Muhurta, in which Muhurta is not considered while doing any auspicious work. Basant Panchami is considered best for many auspicious works. This Basant Panchami Abujha Muhurta is considered best for starting studies, house warming, marriage and purchasing new items.
Chaturgrahi Yoga in Capricorn on Basant Panchami
On Basant Panchami, four planets Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are creating Chaturgrahi Yoga in Saturn’s zodiac sign Capricorn. By worshiping in these auspicious Yoga and Muhurta on Basant Panchami, Mother Saraswati will soon be pleased and you will get the blessings of knowledge. It is believed that on this day the marriage plan of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati was written. Students and every person associated with art and literature must worship Mother Saraswati on this day. Marriage, housewarming and other auspicious functions are performed on the day of Basant Panchami. On the day of Basant Panchami, babies are fed food for the first time. On this day, there is a tradition of introducing alphabets to children.
Meditate on Goddess Saraswati with this verse
Or Kundendutusharhardhavala, or Shubhravastravritta.
Or punish the Veena groom, or white padmasana.
Or Brahmaachyut Shankar: Prabhritirbhi: Deva: Sada Vandita.
Sa Maa Patu Saraswati Bhagwati, Nisheshjadyapaha.
Meditate on Mother Saraswati with this verse. After this, chant ‘Om Ain Saraswatyai Namah’ and repeat this short mantra regularly. You, the students, should take out some time every day and meditate on Goddess Saraswati with this mantra. Chanting this mantra increases knowledge, intelligence and wisdom.