Events
- Friday 22nd Jul 2016
Jayaparvati Vrat Ends
Jayaparvati Pradosh Puja Muhurat = 19:11 to 21:19
Jayaparvati Vrat Begins on July 17, 2016 (Sunday)
Jayaparvati Vrat Ends on July 22, 2016 (Friday)
Trayodashi Tithi Starts = 03:32 on 17/Jul/2016
Trayodashi Tithi Ends = 04:23 on 18/Jul/2016
Jayaparvati Vrat is significant fasting period dedicated to Goddess Jaya, a form of Goddess Parvati. It is observed in Gujarat. Unmarried girls fast to seek a good husband and married women observe it for marital bliss and long life of their husband. Jayaparvati Vrat is observed for 5 days in the month of Ashadha. It begins on the Shukla Paksha Trayodashi and ends after five days on Krishna Paksha Tritiya. Jayaparvati fasting is suggested for five, seven, nine, eleven or up to twenty continuous years. Devotees, observing Jaya Parvati Vrat, especially abstain from eating salted food. The salt is completely avoided during five days fasting period. Some even avoid cereals and all sorts of vegetables during five days fasting period. On the first day of the fast, wheat seeds known as Javara are sown in a small pot and kept on Puja altar. The seed pot is worshipped for five days. During Puja, a necklace made of cotton wool and known as Nagla, is decorated with Kumkum i.e. vermilion. This ritual continues for five days and wheat seeds are watered every morning. On the last day the women keep awake whole night and meditate through chanting religious Bhajan and Aartis. The ritual of night long vigil, while singing religious hymns, is known as Jayaparvati Jagran. On the next day, in the morning, the grown wheat grass is taken out of the pot and immersed in the holy water, either in the river or some other water body. After morning Puja, the fast is broken by eating a full meal consisting of salt, vegetables and bread made of wheat.