Narak Chaturdashi 2020: Know Its Date, Muhurat And Significance

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Narak Chaturdashi marks the second day of the five-day festival Deepawali. The festival begins with Dhanteras and ends with Bhai Dooj. According to the Hindu calendar, Narak Chaturdashi falls a day before the Lakshmi Puja and therefore, is observed on Choti Deepawali. This year the date falls on both 13 and 14 November 2020. Today we are going to tell you more about this festival. Scroll down the article to read more.

Muhurat

Every year the festival is observed on the Chaturdashi Tithi of Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Kartik. This year the Chaturdashi Tithi begins at 5:59 pm on 13 November 2020 and will stay till 2:17 pm on 14 November 2020. During this time, people will be observing Narak Chaturdashi and Choti Deepawali. The muhurat for the Abhyang Snan will begin at 05:23 am and will stay till 06:43 am on 14 November 2020.

Significance

• Narak Chaturdashi is observed in different ways in different regions.
• It is believed that once Lord Krishna rescued 16,000 girls kept as hostage by a demon named Narkasur.
• However, the girls were quite afraid due to the fact that nobody would accept them and thus they would have to go through embarrassment.
• Thus, Lord Krishna along with his wife Rukmani decided that Krishna will be marrying all of them. He said that the world will know these girls as 16,000 queens of the Lord himself.
• This is the reason why Lord Krishna had 16,000 wives.
• The day on which these incidents happened was Narak Chaturdashi.
• People celebrate this day by decorating their houses and sending gifts to their loved ones.