Basant Panchami 2022: Muhurat, Rituals And Significance Of This Festival

Basant Panchami is also known as Saraswati Puja is a popular Hindu festival observed all over India. The festival marks the end of the winter season and the onset of the spring season. This year the festival falls on 05 February 2022. The festival is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. On this day, people, especially students worship Goddess Saraswati. Today we are here to tell you more about this day. Scroll down the article to read more.

Date And Muhurat

Every year the festival is observed on the fifth day in Shukla Paksha of Magh month. This year Basant Panchami will be celebrated on Saturday, 5 February 2022. The Vasant Panchami Muhurat will begin from 07:07 am to 12:35 pm and the duration will be 05 Hours 28 Mins. The Vasant Panchami Madhyahna Moment is 12:35 pm. The Panchami Tithi will begin at 03:47 am on Feb 04, 2022, and end at Panchami Tithi will end at 03:46 am on Feb 05, 2022.

Rituals

• On this day, devotees should wake up early and clean their houses along with bookshelves and other stationery items.
• They should then take a bath and wear clean clothes.
• Now place a clean red or yellow colour cloth on a wooden or cement platform.
• Place the idol of Goddess Saraswati on the cloth placed over the platform.
• Place a Kalash filled with water and Gangajal (water from the Holy Ganges) near the idol and put mango leaves over it.
• Drop a few akshat (rice grains), a pinch of turmeric, Kesar and a few coins in the Kalash.
• Put a coconut wrapped in a yellow or red cloth over the mango leaves in such a way that the mango leaves surround the coconut.
• Tie moli around the Kalash and apply tilak on both the Kalash and coconut.
• Offer books, pens and other stationery items near the feet of the Goddess.
• Light a ghee diya along with a few incense sticks.
• Offer fruits, flowers and sweet offerings to the Goddess.
• Recite the mantra and worship the Goddess.

Significance

• The festival is also referred to as Saraswati Jayanti as it is believed that on this day Goddess Saraswati originated from Lord Brahma's mouth.
• Since Goddess Saraswati is said to be the Goddess of art, learning, music, wisdom and knowledge, students worship Her devotedly.
• Students decorate the idols of Goddess Saraswati with white and yellow flowers, clothes and sweets.
• People have this belief that beginning one's education from Saraswati Puja can prove to be beneficial and therefore, parents enrol their children on this day.