Festival guide
Vasant Panchami 2023
वसंत पंचमी
Vasant Panchami heralds the arrival of spring and is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge, music, and arts.
Ended
- Date
- Thu, 26 January 2023
- Main muhurat
- Saraswati Puja Muhurat · 6:43 am – 12:10 pm
Plan the day
Good times and times to avoid
· Varanasi time (IST)
Auspicious windows
- Abhijit Muhurat44m
- Brahma Muhurta52m
- Amrit Kalam1h 31m
Times to avoid
- Yama Gandam1h 22m · Overlaps the Saraswati Puja Muhurat
- Dur Muhurta44m · Overlaps the Saraswati Puja Muhurat
- Rahu Kaal1h 22m
- Dur Muhurta44m
Sun and moon
- Sunrise
- 6:43 am
- Sunset
- 5:37 pm
- Moonrise
- 10:07 am
- Moonset
- 10:27 pm
The festival day's almanac
Panchang for Thu, 26 January
- Tithi
- Panchami, then Shashthi
- Nakshatra
- Uttara Bhadrapada
- Yoga
- Shiva
- Karana
- Balava
- Paksha
- Shukla
- Masa
- Magha
- Tithi
- PanchamiFrom Until Then Shashthiuntil
- Nakshatra
- Uttara BhadrapadaFrom Until
Choghadiya, day and night
Day
- ShubhGood
- RogAvoid
- UdvegAvoid
- ChalNeutral
- LabhGood
- AmritGood
- KaalAvoid
- ShubhGood
Night
- AmritGood
- ChalNeutral
- RogAvoid
- KaalAvoid
- LabhGood
- UdvegAvoid
- ShubhGood
- AmritGood
The story
Vasant Panchami: significance and rituals
Yellow is the color of the day, symbolizing the mustard fields of spring.
Rituals
Wear yellow clothes. Perform Saraswati Puja — place books, instruments, and pens near the idol. Offer yellow flowers and sweets. In Bengal, this day marks Saraswati Puja with elaborate pandals.
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