Every year on Krishna Janmashtami, people celebrate Lord Shri Krishna’s arrival on earth. As a spiritual celebration, it attracts more worshippers and celebrated by the devotees around the world. The Vedic calendar in Hinduism states that Lord Krishna’s “Birth,” or Janam, took place at midnight on Ashtami, the ninth day after the full moon.
The arrival of Lord Vishnu as Shri Krishna is both paradoxical and significant in various ways. He is the eternal Supreme Being who is present everywhere in all the universes ( Teeno Loks) and at all times. Unlike humans who are born, Our beloved Shri Krishna is driven by karma to take on different physical forms. However, He appears in His timeless, spiritual form whenever He chooses in many forms.
When Lord Vishnu appears, He selects His devotees to take on the roles of His father and mother. Lord plays the part of their child, acting like a human, while also performing superhuman feats that no one else can replicate, that is how supreme being take cares of his devotees all the time.
Krishna Janmashtami 2024, Date and Timings
According to Hindu scripters Shri Krishna was born at midnight, Devotees celebrate Janmashtami at that time. To express their gratitude and devotion, love to Lord Shri Krishna, devotees observe fasts without eating all the day.
Timings of Janmashtami 2024:
Shree Krishna (Krishna Janmashtami) Jayanti Yog
Lord Shrikrishna’s 5251th Birthday (Janmotsav)
Krishna Janmashtami on Monday, august 26, 2024
Nishita Puja Time – 12:01 am To 12:45 a am, August 27
Avadhi – 00 Hours 45 minutes
Dahi Handi on Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
Janmashtami Puja Vidhi: Janmashtami 2024
This festival’s puja vidhi is very important because Laddoo Gopal’s birth is the focus of all preparations. To ensure that you get the most out of this puja, we have provided a detailed puja vidhi below:
- Take a bath early in the morning and put on fresh clothing.
- Decorate Laddo Gopal’s palna, and clean the shrine with Pure Gangajal to begin the puja preparations at night.
- To begin the puja, observe dhyan (meditation). Place the Sri Laddo Gopal’s idol on the palna with respect and love. devotees can also use a wooden chowki in place of a palna.
- Padya is the act of offering Gangajal to a deity’s feet. Offer arghya to the Laddo Gopal’s feet.
- Offer water to the Lord and then drink it, it is called achman.
- Pour the Panchamrit (made with milk, curd, honey, ghee, and gangajal) over the idol to perform the Lord’s snan ritual.
- Take all five ingredients and use them as prasad for Panchamrit.
- Decorate Shri Laddo Gopal with new apparels and accessories which is called the deity’s shringaar.
- Give the holy janeu to the Lord. After that, offer Chandan paste on deity’s head.
- Adorn the idol with a beautiful bansuri, mor pankh, jewels, and a golden crown.
While doing prayer join hands, ask the Lord to keep you and your family safe from all danger and bad deeds.
Offer the lord with flowers and Tulsi leaves. offer dhoop and light an oil lamp filled with Pure Ghee made of cow milk. Give the Laddo Gopal Makhan and Mishree as the bhog. Offer the God a tambulam mixed with kumkum, coconut, haldi, paan, and betel nuts to make Shri Krishan ji Happy.
without singing bhajan while doing puja of Lord Shri Krishna is incomplete, To worship the Lord, sing Kunj Bihari’s aarti and then do a parikrama after completing the puja.
FAQs
What are the rules for Janmashtami?
Rules of Fasting on Janmashtami
- While fasting on Janmashtami devotees avoid consuming grains and ordinary salt for 24 hours.
- After Completing the fast, Popular Fasting dishes are sabudana khichdi, kuttu ki puri, and makhana kheer and some fruit juice.
- With a simple dinner like fruits and dairy products, the fast is broken after the midnight aarti of Lord Krishna.
What not to do during Janmashtami?
On the special day of Janmashtami, avoid alcohol products, tobacco products, since they compromise the spiritual core of the day. Consume pure food made with pure ghee or oil, if you want to keep your digestive system working and avoid slowness. Oily foods might slow down digestion, maybe leading to health issues when fasting, it is better to consume fresh fruits and juice made of fruits or dahi with boiled potatoes.
What is Janmashtami important facts?
Janmashtami honors the birthday of Lord Krishna, Shri Krishna was the 8th incarnation of Lord Vishnu. To eliminate and vanish darkness and evil forces from the world to save his devotees from the evil, Sri Vishnu took ten incarnations. Krishna was born to Vasudeva, a Yadava prince, and his wife Devaki, who was the sister of the tyrant king Kans.
On the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami also check Shri Krishna’s 108 names to chant during the fast on Janmashtami.
- The Names of Srimati Radharani: Radha krishna 108 Names
- 108 Names of Lord Krishna: Lord Krishna Names In English