Sat Feb 01 19:58:32 UTC 2025: ## Basant Panchami 2025: Auspicious Muhurat and Puja Details Announced
**New Delhi, [Date of Publication]** – Basant Panchami, the Hindu festival celebrating the goddess Saraswati, is being observed on February 2nd, 2025. This day marks the arrival of spring and is considered an auspicious time to seek blessings for knowledge and wisdom.
According to the Hindu Panchang, the auspicious time (muhurat) for Saraswati Puja on Basant Panchami this year is from 7:09 AM to 12:35 PM on February 2nd, providing a window of 5 hours and 26 minutes for worship. The Panchami Tithi begins at 9:14 AM on February 2nd and ends at 6:52 AM on February 3rd.
Devotees can invoke Goddess Saraswati’s blessings through mantras like “ॐ ऐं वाग्देव्यै विद्महे कामराजाय धीमहि” and “ॐ ऐं ऐं ह्रीं ह्रीं ह्रीं सरस्वत्यै नमः”.
Traditional Puja rituals involve rising early, bathing, wearing yellow clothes, and setting up a puja altar with a picture or statue of Goddess Saraswati. Offerings of yellow clothing, white flowers, white sesame seeds, and a veena and book are considered auspicious. Kesar Kheer (saffron rice pudding) is a particularly favored offering.
It’s recommended to abstain from tamasic foods (onion and garlic) and observe a fast until after the puja, breaking it with the prasad offered to the goddess. Donating grains and yellow items, such as sweets or clothes, is considered highly auspicious. The use of lotus flowers in the puja is also traditional.
Basant Panchami, also known as Rishi Panchami, is celebrated with the wearing of yellow clothes, symbolizing energy and prosperity. The festival is a time for seeking blessings for academic pursuits and overall well-being.
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