Somvati Amavasya 2023: Date, Shubh Muhurat, Vrat Katha And Puja Rituals

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Somvati Amavasya 2023: Moon holds immense significance in Hinduism and its status is more of a God and not just a celestial body. Both Purnima and Amavasya are very important for Hindu culture and on these days, along with special worship, special measures are also taken. The month of Sawan is going on and the upcoming Hariyali Amavasya is going to be even more special as it will fall on the second Monday of Sawan. For this reason, it will also be called Somvati Amavasya.

On the day of Sawan's Somvati Amavasya, worshipping Shiva along with Shradh, Tarpan etc. and performing Jalabhishek will give immense benefits. Let us know in detail about the Somvati Amavasya 2023 date, shubh muhurat, vrat katha And puja rituals.

When Is Somvati Amavasya 2023?
Amavasya Tithi will start at 10.08 pm on 16 July 2023 and end at 12.01 am on 18 July 2023. Therefore, the date that is considered this year for Somvati Amavasya is 17 July 2023. This day also marks the second Monday of Sawan.

Somvati Amavasya 2023: Shubh Muhurat
On Amavasya Tithi i.e. 17 July 2023, the auspicious time for bathing and donation will begin from 05.28 am to 07.25 am. Along with this, from 05:11 am, Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga will also remain throughout the day.

Somvati Amavasya 2023: Puja Rituals

• On this day, people should wake up early and take a bath after cleaning their house and the place where they will be performing the puja.
• After taking a bath, one should offer Arghya to the Lord Surya (sun).
• Offer Roli, Chandan, fruits, flowers and Ganga Jal to the Peepal Tree.
• Go round and round the tree and tie the moli around the trunk of the tree.
• You need to do 108 rounds around the tree.
• After each round, offer a piece of fruit or flower to the tree.
• Once the rounds are complete, listen to the Katha and perform the aarti.
• Distribute the Prasad among the children and poor.

Somvati Amavasya 2023: Vrat Katha
Legend has it that there was a majestic king who had a son and a daughter-in-law. One day, secretly, his daughter-in-law ate sweets and named her a rat. Due to this, the rat got very angry. He decided in his mind that he will bring the thief in front of the king. One day some guests had come to the king's place. All the guests were sleeping in the king's room.

The rat was burning in the fire of revenge took the queen's saree and kept it in that room. The next day, when guests woke up in the morning and they saw the queen's cloth, they were surprised. When the king came to know about this, he expelled his daughter-in-law from the palace.
The queen used to light a lamp every evening and work to grow Jowar. She used to distribute Gudhani prasad while worshipping daily.

One day when the king was leaving that way, his eyes fell on those lamps. Returning to the palace, the king sent the soldiers to the forest and asked them to see what a miraculous thing there was - the soldiers went under that peepal tree in the forest. He saw there that the lamps were talking among themselves.

Everyone was telling their own story. That's why everyone asked a quiet lamp that you also tell your story. The lamp told that it is the lamp of the queen. He further told that because of stealing the queen's sweets, the mouse kept the queen's saree in the guest room and the innocent queen was punished. The soldiers came to the palace and told all this conversation to the king, after which the king forgave the queen and called her back to the palace.

Somvati Amavasya 2023: Upay, Remedies, Special Measures
You can plant a plant of Belpatra, Peepal, Tulsi, Neem or Amla on this day. With this remedy, one gets freedom from the defects related to the house. After bathing in the Brahma Muhurta, on this day, you can put sesame in water and offer it in the south direction in the name of ancestors. With this offering, the soul of the ancestors will get peace and get blessings.

Further, anoint the Shivlinga with curd and offer Belpatra. With this, the obstacles coming in the job and business will be removed and success will be achieved in the career.

Somvati Amavasya 2023: Significance
Somavati Amavasya falls in Sawan and it is considered very auspicious and fruitful for devotees. On this day by making offerings to the ancestors and donating their names, one gets merit. It is believed that those who observe a fast on this day get blessings from Lord Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. Lord Shani too blesses that person.

Worshipping Peepal Tree on this day can liberate one from all evils and wrongdoings. Along with this, those married women who observe fast by worshipping Shiva on this day, get the same results as Karwachauth fast. By worshipping Lord Shiva and performing Jalabhishek on this day, one gets freedom from Kaal Sarp Dosha.

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