Diwali (Kartick puja.9) 

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DEEPAVALI



Amavasya
Lakshmi Puja, Diwali Puja
Kedar Gauri Vrat
Chopda Puja, Sharda Puja
Diwali Snan, Diwali Devpuja

The five days of Diwali, starting from November 10, include Dhanteras, Choti Diwali, Diwali, Govardhan Puja, and Bhai Dooj. Here's everything you need to know. Diwali, also known as Deepawali, the biggest Hindu festival, is just around the corner and people are already busy making preparations

The 5-day festival of Diwali commences with Dhanteras and concludes with Bhaiya Dooj. Diwali is observed during the darkest night of the year during the Hindu month of Kartik. The Diwali dates for this year are as follows:

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Day 1: Dhanteras or Dhan Trayodashi (November 10)

It marks the beginning of Diwali festivities. On this day, people worship Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Kubera and purchase new items to bring wealth and prosperity to their lives. The Dhanteras puja muhurat on November 10 will start at 5:47 PM and end at 7:43 PM, according to Drik Panchang. The duration of the muhurat will be 1 hour 56 minutes.

Day 2: Choti Diwali also known as Narak Chaturdashi (November 11)

Choti Diwali, or Naraka Chaturdashi, is celebrated on the second day. It honours Lord Krishna's triumph against the demonic Narakasura. The Abhyang Snan Muhurat will start at 05:28 AM on November 11 and end at 06:41 AM on November 12. During Pradosh Kaal, which starts at 05:29 PM and ends at 08:07 PM, Deepdan is performed.

Day 3: Diwali (November 12)

The third day is the main Diwali festival, celebrated with great enthusiasm. On this day, people decorate their homes with earthen lamps (diyas), colourful rangoli, and lights. Lakshmi Puja is traditionally performed in the evening during the auspicious Pradosh Kaal, which starts from 05:46 PM to 08:22 PM as per Drik Panchang.

Day 4: Govardhan Puja (November 13)

One day following Diwali, Indians celebrate Govardhan Puja, a day dedicated to worshipping Lord Krishna. It is said that by lifting a mountain known as "Govardhan," Lord Krishna rescued the people of Mathura from Lord Indra. According to Drik Panchang, the Govardhan Puja muhurat begins from 06:46 AM to 08:58 AM.

Day 5: Bhai Dooj (November 14)

The last and last day is known as Bhau Beej, Bhai Dooj, or Bhaiya Dooj, and it honours the unique relationship between brothers and sisters. Drik Panchang reports that the holy Bhai Dooj Aparahna Time is scheduled to begin at 01:10 PM on Tuesday, November 14 and end at 03:19 PM, for a total of two hours and nine minutes. In addition, the Dwitiya Tithi will start on November 14 at 02:36 PM and end on November 15 at 01:47 PM.

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Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year .p autu. It spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair Its celebration includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples and other buildings in the communities and countries where it is observed] The festival prepreparations and rituals typically extend over a five-day period, but the main festival night of Diwali coincides with the darkest, new moon night of the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika
Before Diwali night, people clean, renovate, and decorate their homes and offices On Diwali night, people dress up in new clothes or their best outfit, light up diyas (lamps and candles) inside and outside their home, participate in family puja (prayers) typically to Lakshmi – the goddess of fertility and prosperity. After puja, fireworks follow then a family feast including mithai (sweets), and an exchange of gifts between family members and close friends. Deepavali also marks a major shopping period in nations where it is celebrated
On the same night that Hindus celebrate Diwali, Jains celebrate a festival also called Diwali to mark the attainment of moksha by Mahavira, Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas to mark the release of Guru Hargobind from a Mughal Empire prison and Newar Buddhists, unlike the majority of Buddhists, celebrate Diwali by worshipping Lakshmi

 

 Diwali Pooja Vidhi

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DEEPAVALI

By

Sri Swami Sivananda

 

DEEPAVALI or Diwali means "a row of lights". It falls on the last two days of the dark half of Kartik (October-November). For some it is a three-day festival. It commences with the Dhan-Teras, on the 13th day of the dark half of Kartik, followed the next day by the Narak Chaudas, the 14th day, and by Deepavali proper on the 15th day.
There are various alleged origins attributed to this festival. Some hold that they celebrate the marriage of Lakshmi with Lord Vishnu. In Bengal the festival is dedicated to the worship of Kali. It also commemorates that blessed day on which the triumphant Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after defeating Ravana. On this day also Sri Krishna killed the demon Narakasura.
In South India people take an oil bath in the morning and wear new clothes. They partake of sweetmeats. They light fireworks which are regarded as the effigies of Narakasura who was killed on this day. They greet one another, asking, "Have you had your Ganges bath?" which actually refers to the oil bath that morning as it is regarded as purifying as a bath in the holy Ganges.
Everyone forgets and forgives the wrongs done by others. There is an air of freedom, festivity and friendliness everywhere. This festival brings about unity. It instils charity in the hearts of people. Everyone buys new clothes for the family. Employers, too, purchase new clothes for their employees.
Waking up during the Brahmamuhurta (at 4a.m.) is a great blessing from the standpoint of health, ethical discipline, efficiency in work and spiritual advancement. It is on Deepavali that everyone wakes up early in the morning. The sages who instituted this custom must have cherished the hope that their descendents would realise its benefits and make it a regular habit in their lives.
In a happy mood of great rejoicing village folk move about freely, mixing with one another without any reserve, all enmity being forgotten. People embrace one another with love. Deepavali is a great unifying force. Those with keen inner spiritual ears will clearly hear the voice of the sages, "O Children of God! unite, and love all". The vibrations produced by the greetings of love which fill the atmosphere are powerful enough to bring about a change of heart in every man and woman in the world. Alas! That heart has considerably hardened, and only a continuous celebration of Deepavali in our homes can rekindle in us the urgent need of turning away from the ruinous path of hatred.
On this day Hindu merchants in North India open their new account books and pray for success and prosperity during the coming year. The homes are cleaned and decorated by day and illuminated by night with earthern oil-lamps. The best and finest illuminations are to be seen in Bombay and Amritsar. The famous Golden Temple at Amritsar is lit in the evening with thousands of lamps placed all over the steps of the big tank. Vaishnavites celebrate the Govardhan Puja and feed the poor on a large scale.
Sri Lakshmi, the Goddess of all Auspicious Qualities, is worshipped. All the Daivi Sampatti (Divine, Virtuous qualities) have their origin in Her alone. She is the Source of Peace, Love and Joy. She is the Mother of all, who preserves and protects every one. On Deepavali day Goddess Lakshmi is invoked and the devotee prays to Her to bestow on all Her choicest blessings, in the shape of Peace and Goodwill. He surrenders himself at Her Lotus Feet and seeks protection there. He gives up the little ego and drinks the sweet nectar of wisdom and love that drips from the lotuses She holds in her hands. Lakshmi alone can root out the evil qualities that lurk in the man’s lower self. Oh Man! Invite Her to occupy the lotus of your heart on this great day, so that She can awaken in you the latent powers of love and joy!
Every household is illuminated on this day. Everywhere you look there is Light. This is intended to remind man that his essential nature is Light: that the Atman, his own real Self, is the Light of all lights, the Light that lends luminosity to countless suns, moons and stars in the infinite universes. It is Avidya that produces a semblance of darkness!
This Avidya consists of Nama-Rupa, name and form, characteristics of the organs of sight and hearing. In Reality there is nothing but one Infinite Consciousness—Akhanda Ekarasa Satchidananda Swarupa Para Brahman. Even as the same sulphur is made into a variety of fireworks—with differences only in name and form, in the sound that they make and the spectacle they produce—even so, Brahman, the Reality, is the same: Avidya has manufactured names and forms, sounds and spectacles, out of It for the amusement of children! No man, however erudite a scholar he may be, whatever be his age, learning, or wealth can call himself other than an ignorant child, till he actually perceives this Unity in diversity.
Oh Man! Awake! Arise! It is Brahmamuhurtha now. Sing the Names of the Lord now. Worship Goddess Lakshmi, the Abode of all virtues. Love all. Be charitable. Turn a new leaf in the book of your life. Light the lamp of wisdom in your heart and dispel the darkness of ignorance or the perception of name and form! Behold now the Light of lights—the Atman, within yourself!
That is the Message which the Seers of India intended to convey through the Deepavali celebration. That is the true message of Peace and Love. That is the Message which India will have to broadcast to the world.
O Ram! The light of lights, the self-luminous inner light of the Self is ever shining steadily in the chamber of your heart. Sit quietly. Close your eyes. Withdraw the senses. Fix the mind on this supreme light and enjoy the real Deepavali, by attaining illumination of the soul.
He who Himself sees all but whom no one beholds, who illumines the intellect, the sun, the moon and the stars and the whole universe but whom they cannot illumine, He indeed is Brahman, He is the inner Self. Celebrate the real Deepavali by living in Brahman, and enjoy the eternal bliss of the soul.
The sun does not shine there, nor do the moon and the stars, nor do lightnings shine and much less fire. All the lights of the world cannot be compared even to a ray of the inner light of the Self. Merge yourself in this light of lights and enjoy the supreme Deepavali.
Many Deepavali festivals have come and gone. Yet the hearts of the vast majority are as dark as the night of the new moon. The house is lit with lamps, but the heart is full of the darkness of ignorance. O man! wake up from the slumber of ignorance. Realise the constant and eternal light of the Soul which neither rises nor sets, through meditation and deep enquiry.
May you all attain full inner illumination! May the supreme light of lights enlighten your understanding! May you all attain the inexhaustible spiritual wealth of the Self! May you all prosper gloriously on the material as well as spiritual planes!

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