Diwali Festival 2025, Amavasya, Deep Daan
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Diwali Festival 2025, Amavasya, Deep Daan on 21-10-0225
Tithi Begin Time:
Chitra Nakshatra: Oct 20 08:16 PM – Oct 21 10:58 PM
Tithi End Time:
Swati Nakshatra: Oct 21 10:58 PM – Oct 23 01:51 AM
Muhurat Start Time:
Krishna Paksha Amavasya: Oct 20 03:45 PM – Oct 21 05:54 PM
Muhurat End Time:
Shukla Paksha Pratipada: Oct 21 05:54 PM – Oct 22 08:17 PM
About Diwali Festival 2025, Amavasya, Deep Daan 2025
The Origin of Diwali Festival?
As per “Ramcharitmanas”, on this day Lord Ram and Sita as Goddess Lakshmi come back to Ayodhya after the defeated of the demon king Ravan. Then the people of Ayodhya welcomed them such as Lord Shri Ram, Mata Sita, Lord Lakshmana, and their associates by lighting up thousands lamps outside their houses. Since then, this tradition has been going on in the name of “Deepavali” or Diwali.
The Significance of Diwali
As per “Padma Purana” Lord Mahadev told “Mata Parvati and Kartikeya the value of “Deep Daan”. He told, during the five days of Deepawali means from the Rama Ekadashi till Diwali is five days in the Krishna Paksha of Kartik Month. These days are very auspicious and the performer will get whatever they wish in the life.
In another prospects, according to the Padma Purana, if anyone donate lamps or diya in the temples and near the river banks. Such person will get the blessings of Lakshmi ji as well as Lord Vishnu also.
Moreover, as per “Agni Purana”, if anyone donates a lamps or diyas to their deity’s temple or a Brahmin’s home they will get happy and prosperity in all aspects.
How People Celebrates Diwali
Diwali is one of the most prominent festival of Hindus. It is called the festival of lights. Diwali is comes in “Amavasya Tithi”. On the day Godess Lakshmi was come from the ocean after “Samudra Manthan”. The festival come during the Ashwini and Karthik Month if we say in English month, it will be between October and November. The celebrations of Diwali basically celebrate for five or six days. It is started from Rama Ekadashi till Bhai Dooj.
As per our Sanatan mythology, Diwali is connected to various religious events, deities, and personalities.
On the same day, Goddess Lakhmi was come from the “Kheera Samudra” or Ocean Milk after Samudra Manthan that’s why Godess Lakshmi’s another name is “Kheeraavdh Tanaya” the term “Kheeraavdh“ means Milk Ocean or Kheer Sagar and Tanaya means daughter. So, after coming from the ocean Goddess Lakshmi moved anywhere to stay, so people decorated their house with different colors, rangoli, flowers, fabulous toran to attract goddess Laskhmi to stay in their house. Lakshmi, is the goddess of prosperity, and Ganesha, is the god of wisdom and the remover of all types of obstacles. So, on this day it is beneficial and bring prosperity in the house to worship Goddess Lakshmi along with Lord Ganesh.
Diwali Amavasya
During the Diwali Amavasya, lamps are lit on the banks of the holy Ganga, Gaya and Falgu River. People donate lamps in the of ancestors.
Benefits of Deep Daan
- Some special things related to lighting lamps during Pitru Paksha and Diwali Amavasya.
- During Amavasya, Goddess Lakshmi is pleased by lighting a lamp of cow ghee in the north-east corner of the house.
- On the day of Amavasya, Pitru Paksha, Thrayodashi, Diwali people lighting up the lamps and do Tarpan on the banks of Falgu River in the evening to get the blessings of their ancestors.
- On this day, happiness is celebrated by lighting up the lamps for the ancestors.
- It is believed that by donating a lamp on this day, the path of ancestors to heaven becomes bright.
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