Janaki Jayanti 2024: According to the Hindu calendar, the festival of Janaki Jayanti (Janaki Ashtami) is celebrated every year on the Ashtami Tithi of Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalgun.
According to mythology, when there was a famine in the kingdom of King Janak in Mithilapuri, to end that famine, Janak used a gold plow at the behest of his guru.
During that time a pitcher was found and Maa Sita was born from that pitcher. That is why Janaki Jayanti is celebrated on this day. Maa Sita is considered in the form of Lakshmi. It is considered a big festival in Mithila.
Hindu society celebrates this day as Mata Janaki Jayanti (Janaki Ashtami). In Gujarat, Maharashtra and South Indian states, Janaki Jayanti is celebrated during the month of Magh.
On Janaki Jayanti (Janaki Ashtami), married women observe fast and perform puja rituals to pray for happiness and peace in the family and long life and good health of their husbands.
Janaki Jayanti 2024 will be celebrated on 4 March. Let us know the auspicious time, importance and worship method of this Janaki Jayanti 2024 and much more.
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Janaki Jayanti 2024: Muhurt
The date of Janaki Jayanti 2024, on the Ashtami of Phalgun Krishna Paksha, will start from 08.44 am on 3 March 2024 and will continue till 08.49 am on 4 March 2024. On this day, the auspicious time for worshiping Maa Sita is from 09.38 am to 11.05 am.
Janaki Jayanti 2024: Significance
Janaki Jayanti (Janaki Ashtami) has great importance in the scriptures. This day is dedicated to Janak Nandi and Maa Sita. On this day he is worshiped with rituals.
On the day of Janaki Jayanti (Janaki Ashtami), Janak ji met Maa Sita in the field. This day is celebrated with great pomp in Bihar.
On this day, women observe a fast for the well-being of their family and worship Lord Ram and Maa Sita. By observing this fast, all the wishes of the seeker are fulfilled.
Janaki Jayanti 2024: puja Vidhi
- After retiring in the morning, take bath and do your daily routine on this day.
- After this, remember Maa Janaki in your mind and take a resolution to fast and worship.
- Now sprinkle Ganga water on a wooden platform and clean it.
- After this, spread a red cloth on the post and install the picture of Shri Ram Ji and Mata Janaki Ji.
- Now offer Roli, Akshat, sandalwood and white flowers to Maa Sita and Lord Shri Ram.
- Low offer incense, lamp, Naiveda etc. and worship as per the method.
- After this, read the story related to the birth of Maa Sita ji.
- Also invoke King Janak and Maa Sunaina in this puja.
- Now perform the aarti of Shri Ram ji and Mata Sita ji and ask for forgiveness for any mistake made during the worship.
- After this, take a pledge to do charity as per your capacity.
- On Janaki Jayanti (Janaki Ashtami), filling an earthen vessel with paddy, water and food and donating it to a needy person is considered very auspicious.
- If possible, organize Kanya Bhoj and Brahmin feast in the evening.
Do These Things On Janaki Jayanti 2024
If you want the special blessings of Maa Sita on the day of Janaki Jayanti (Janaki Ashtami), then you will have to do some work for that. First of all you have to wake up in Brahma Muhurta and take bath.
After that you have to light the lamp in the home temple. If you are fasting then you have to take a resolution while doing puja.
Along with worshiping Maa Sita, meditate on Lord Rama and pray to him for your wishes.
In the evening, after worshiping Sita ji and Ram ji, offering food. Distribute the food as Prasad and break your fast.
Janaki Jayanti 2024 : Story
According to mythology, Maa Sita was the reincarnation of a woman named Vedavati. Vedavati was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu and she wanted to have him as her husband.
Therefore, to please Lord Vishnu, Vedavati performed severe penance. It is said that one day Ravana was passing by the place where Vedavati was doing penance and seeing the beauty of Vedavati, Ravana became fascinated by her.
Ravana asked Vedavati to accompany him but Vedavati refused to accompany him. When Vedavati refused, Ravana got angry and wanted to misbehave with Vedavati.
As soon as Ravana touched her, Vedavati burnt herself to ashes and cursed Ravana that she would be born as Ravana’s daughter and would be the cause of his death.
After some time Mandodari gave birth to a girl. But fearing the curse of Vedavati, Ravana threw the girl into the ocean as soon as she was born.
After which Varuni, the goddess of the ocean, handed over the girl to the earth’s goddess Prithvi and Prithvi handed over the girl to King Janak and Maa Sunaina.
There was once a famine in Mithila. Then King Janak was advised that if he performed the Vedic rituals and plowed the fields himself, it would rain and the famine would end.
On the ninth date of Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month, King Janak was plowing his field when suddenly his plow got stuck at a place in the field and despite many efforts he could not get out.
When King Janak removed the soil from the place where the plow was stuck, he found a girl there. As soon as the girl emerged from the earth, it suddenly started raining.
King Janak named this girl Sita. He accepted Sita as his daughter. As soon as Sita arrived in Mithila, happiness returned there. After this people started living happily.
Sita was not born from her mother’s womb. She was obtained from the earth, hence she is also called the daughter of the earth.
After which King Janak raised Sita and got her married to Shri Ram. Then during the exile Ravana kidnapped Sita due to which Shri Ram Ji killed Ravana and thus Maa Sita became the reason for Ravana’s killing.
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