Basant Panchami 2023 Date and Time: Basant Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja, is a Hindu festival during which people worship Goddess Saraswati. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the month of ‘Magha’ marking the beginning of the spring season.
Basant Panchami is known to announce the arrival of Holi, which occurs forty days later. In Panchami, the spring festival is celebrated forty days before spring, as a season passes through a transitional period of 40 days before spring arrives.
People worship Goddess Saraswati on this day and it is believed that she bestows us with knowledge. In India mustard flowers bloom during Basant Panchami and the yellow color is associated with the festival.
Basant Panchami 2023 Date and Time (Vasant Panchami Muhurta)
Basant Panchami date, time and auspicious time
Vasant Panchami 2023 Date Thursday, 25 January 2023
Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja Muhurat from 07:12 am to 12:34 pm
Duration of Vasant Panchami 5 hours 21 minutes
Vasant Panchami afternoon time is 12.34 minutes
Vasant Panchami Tithi starts on January 25, 2023 at 12:34 PM
Vasant Panchami date ends on January 26, 2023 at 10.28 am
Basant Panchami means the arrival of spring
Basant Panchami falls between the month of February or March during the arrival of spring season. The word Vasant refers to spring in English, while Panchami refers to the fifth day. Therefore, according to the Hindu calendar, Saraswati Puja should be conducted only on Pancham Tithi.
On this day we dedicate ourselves to Maa Saraswati and seek her blessings. People revere Saraswati Maa and honor her by performing rituals. Devotees and sages also call it Abujh Diwas, which marks the grand beginning of your work. That’s why people consider the Muhurta of Basant Panchami to start their important work or to buy luxury items.
Significance of Saraswati Puja on Basant Panchami 2023
Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of creation, knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and learning. In many parts of the Indian subcontinent, the auspicious occasion of Vasant Panchami is considered auspicious to start education for children. People perform various rituals and pujas at homes, temples and places of learning to please and express their gratitude to Goddess Saraswati. If you are planning to organize Saraswati Puja then remember the color code and the theme of the festival is yellow. Offer yellow sarees, curtains, sweets and flowers to Saraswati and you will never be short of knowledge.
Astrological Significance of Saraswati Puja on Basant Panchami
Saraswati Puja performed by an astrologer and Vamatantra on Vasant Panchami nullifies the malefic effects of Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury to a great extent. Worship and charity is especially beneficial for people passing through Mahadasha (main periods), Antardasa (sub-periods) of Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus. Individuals facing retrograde effects of Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus in their horoscope should aspire to perform Saraswati Puja in consultation with a revered Vedic astrologer.
Essential Ingredients for Basant Panchami Puja
The following things should be kept in hand before performing Saraswati Puja.
idol of mother saraswati
mango leaves
Saffron
Turmeric
intact
Tilak
gangajal
jar (urn)
Naivegh
Saraswati Yantra
durva grass
How to perform Saraswati Puja Vidhi on this Basant Panchami 2023?
On Vasant Panchami 2023, wake up early, clean your house, prepare for puja and take a bath.
Apply neem and turmeric paste on your body before bath as yellow/white is the favorite color of Maa Saraswati and is the color code of the entire festival.
Install the Saraswati idol on the puja pandal or platform.
Next to the Saraswati idol place, place an idol of Ganesha as he is considered their favorite deity.
Place a book/musical instrument/notebook or an element of creativity at the place of worship.
If you want to perform proper puja rituals, it is always best to seek a professional priest.
If you do the puja yourself, take a plate and decorate it with kumkum, turmeric, rice, flowers and offer it to Saraswati and Ganesha to express gratitude and seek their blessings.
Perform Saraswati Puja and recite Mantra Aarti.
Gather your family and spend the day with your kids.
Encourage kids to write something creative and inspire them to learn/play some musical instrument. Poetry and music gatherings are organized in many communities to worship Goddess Saraswati.
You can always visit the nearest temple to perform Saraswati Puja on the auspicious day of Basant Panchami 2023.
Recite the famous Saraswati Stotra, which is one of the most chanted prayers by priests and astrologers around the world, on this auspicious day of Basant Panchami.
Special Mantra of Saraswati Puja
She is white with necklaces of kunda and moon and snow and covered with white clothes
That woman with her hands adorned with the staff of a veena and her seat on a white lotus
She is always worshiped by Brahma, Acyuta, Shankara and other gods.
May that divine Saraswati, destroyer of all illusion, protect me.
The white, the essence of Brahman thought, the supreme beginning, pervading the universe.
She holds a book of vīṇas and bestows fearlessness and dispels the darkness of illusion.
She was seated on a lotus seat, holding a garland of crystals in her hand.
I salute that divine divine autumnal goddess who bestows intelligence.
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