LIFESTYLE
Chaitra Navratri (nine nights) is particularly celebrated to worship goddess Durga and her nine forms through the nine days.
Navratri is celebrated twice a year. Chaitra Navratri is also known as Vasant Navratri which falls during the spring season every year and is considered auspicious for the farming communities in the country. According to the Georgian calendar, it usually falls in the month of March or April.
The other Navratri is known as Sharad Navratri as it is celebrated during the autumn season. This year Chaitra Navratri will commence on April 13, 2021, and the celebration will last up to April 22, 2021. Chaitra Navratri (nine nights) is particularly celebrated to worship goddess Durga and her nine forms through the nine days. It is to seek her blessings for protection from evil and seek happiness.
Significance of Chaitra Navratri 2021:
The first day of Navratri marks the first day of the Hindu calendar and it falls during the Shukla Paksha of the moon i.e, the full moon phase. The rituals performed during the nine days to praise Godess Durga vary every day.
Different states recognise the festival with different names, in Maharashtra, it is known as Gudi Padwa while in Kashmir it is known as Navreh. It coincides with different harvest festivals across several states in India. Devotees embark on this nine-day-long celebration with Ghatasthapna or Kalash Sthapna.
The nine avatars of goddess Durga worshipped are:
Shailaputri or Pratipada, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kaalratri, Mahagauri, Siddhidhatri
Auspicious timing for Ghatasthapna/ Kalash Sthapna 2021:
April,13 Tuesday between 6:11 AM AND 10:22 AM
Items needed for Kalash Sthapna:
A clay pot to sow ‘Sapta Dhanya’ (seven kinds of grains)
Sapta Dhanya
Steel or brass pot (Kalash)
Holy water or Gangajal
Red thread (Kautuka)
Coins for Kalash
5-leafed mango twig
Bowl of rice grains
A coconut
Flowers, doob grass, and beetle nuts
Auspicious colour of the day on 9 days:
Day 1- April 13, 2021 (Tuesday) Pratipada
Colour - Red
Day 2- April 14, 2021 (Wednesday) Dwitiya
Colour - Royal Blue
Day 3- April 15, 2021 (Thursday) Tritiya
Colour - Yellow
Day 4-April 16, 2021 (Friday) Chaturthi
Color - Green
Day 5-April 17, 2021 (Saturday) Panchami
Colour - Grey
Day 6-April 18, 2021 (Sunday) Shasthi
Colour - Orange
Day 7-April 19, 2021 (Monday) Saptami
Colour - White
Day 8-April 20, 2021 (Tuesday) Ashtami
Colour - Pink
Day 9-April 21, 2021 (Wednesday) Rama Navami
Colour - Sky Blue
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