Diwali, the festival of lights, is biggest Hindu festival celebrated with too much joy across World, especially in India. This festival spreads happiness and positiveness all across the world. The year 2024 bring a great opportunity for devotees to observe it deeply and celebrate this festival with spiritual favor and joy. to make celebration meaningful and spiritual, understanding the pooja vidhi and the mahurat is essential.
Date and Shubh mahurat of Diwali 2024
Diwali is a festival that for every one wait with so much excitement whole year. Diwali festival have span of five diffrtent festival from dhanteras to bhai dooj. Diwali Pooja is also known as laxmi pooja. The festival is happens on the amawasya(new moon) night of hindu month kartika(oct-nov). On this day hindus worship Lord ganesha and Laxmi Mata. In this year diwali will be celebrated on October 31, 2024. For Diwali pooja knowing the puja mahurat is important, so now look at the mahurat of Diwali 2024:
Diwali Puja Muhurat:
As per the Hindu calendar, Lakshmi puja on Diwali will be held on October 31th 2024 to 1 November 2024( according to panchang)
Please find the entire Diwali Puja Muhurat schedule for your kind information:
Time for Laxmi pujan - 5:36 PM - 6.16 PM (on 1 NOVEMBER)
Lakshmi Puja Duration - 1 hour and 36 minutes
Pradosh Kaal - 5:36 PM to 8:11 PM
Vrishabha Kaal - 6:20 PM to 8:15 PM
Amavasya Tithi Starts Time: 3:52 PM on October 31th, 2024
Amavasya Tithi End Time: 6:16 PM on November 1st, 2024
Please note: According to Veds Hindus believe that ‘Pradosh Kaal” is the best time to perform Laxmi puja, Diwali Puja.
Pooja Vidhi For Diwali
1. Preparation:
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Clean the Home: Began by cleaning your home. It is traditional thing to clean your home first, because it is believed that Goddess Laxmi only visits those houses which are clean properly.
- Decorations: A decorated home feels like a heaven, the home of god. So decorate your home with colorful Rangoli, Diya, Flowers and various decorative items. Use electric lights to remove darkness and negativity.
2. Ganesh and Laxmi Puja:
- Setting Up the Pooja Space: Choose a clean and beautiful space to perform puja in your home. If you have space in northeast direction it was best. Place a clean cloth or Flower petals on the space and Place both idols on that.
- Kalash Puja: Puja always have to began with kalash, Firstly fill the kalash with water, add one rupee coin in it then cover it with mango leaves and put a coconut on top of kalash. offer prayer to kalash make a swastik sigh on kalash with Kumkum.
3. Puja rituals:
- Ganesh Puja: Start by performing The Ganesh Puja. Offer flowers, light agarbatti & dhoop, and Chant Ganesh Mantra. Lord Ganesh, the destroyer of obstacles, is worship firstly among all gods.
- Laxmi Puja: Next perform Laxmi Puja. Decorate the idol of goddess Laxmi with flowers and garland. Light the oil Diyas and offer sweets and fruits. chant the Laxmi strotra and mantra to take the blessings.
4. Ganesh Mantra:-
- Aarti: Perform the aarti in front of deities. Perform both ganesha aarti and maa Laxmi aarti to take their blessings.
- Offerings: Firstly offer sweets to the God and Goddess and then distribute the prasad among family members and neighbors, sweets like laddu and halwa perfect for this purpose.
5. Laxmi Pujan on Dhanteras: Two days before diwali, known as dhanteras, on this day devotess do a seperate puja for lord dhanvantri and goddess laxmi. This day marks the beginning of diwali celebrations and focuses on health and wealth.
For some one who dont know about the elemants required for Diwali puja, we have made a list of puja samagri for you:
1. Silver Coin
2. Flower
3. Kumkum
4. 5 Fruit
5. Punch Mewa (Raisins, Cashews, Dates, Makhana, Almonds etc.)
6. Rice
7. Make Up Items (Mehendi, Bangles, Payal, Kajal, Bichiya, Comb and Bindi)
8. Panchamrit (Milk, Sugar, Honey, Gangajal, and Curd)
9. 5 Betel Nuts
10. 5 Betel Leaves
11. Turmeric
12. Molly Or Kalawa
13. Garland
14. Sweet Basil
15. Clay diya (11,21 or 51)
16. 2 Big diya for both gods
17. Oil for diyas
18. Coconut
19. Whole coriender
20. Akshat
21. 1.25 mtr Whit and Red cloth
22. Clove
23. Small Cardamom
24. Gangajal
25. Pure Ghee
26. Sugarcane(if avaliable)
27. Water pot made of copper, clay or brass
28. Panch Patra (Bad, Gular, Peepal, Mango and Pakar Leaves)
29. Itra(perfume)
30. Chowki(small stoole)
31. Cloths offered to Lord Ganesha and Goddess Laxmi
32. Kapoor
33. Kalash
34. Janeu
35. Dhoop/agarbatti
36. Aarti Thali
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