Chaitra Navratri 2025: There are many types of fasts and festivals in Hinduism which all Hindus celebrate with great pomp, Chaitra Navratri is also a major fast festival of Hindus which is very special. Chaitra Navratri is celebrated on the Pratipada date of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month according to the Hindu calendar and this date will start from 4:27 pm on March 29, which will last till 12:49 pm on March 30, so according to the Udaya date, Chaitra Navratri will be on March 30 and it will last till April 6.
During this time, nine forms of the mother are worshiped, which brings blessings of the mother. This time, due to the absence of Panchami Tithi, Navratri will be for eight days instead of nine days. Let us know the auspicious time of Ghat Sthapana of Navratri in the year 2025 and the rules of its fast.
In Navratri, nine forms of the goddess are worshiped
Chaitra Navratri 2025 is celebrated with great rites, in these nine days, nine forms of the goddess are worshiped, the nine forms of the goddess are – Shailputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kalratri, Mahagauri, Siddhidatri. All these nine forms of the goddess are worshiped in Navratri.
Auspicious time of Ghatasthapana in Navratri
To worship the Goddess in the auspicious time in Chaitra Navratri 2025, first of all Ghatasthapana i.e. Kalash is established. Doing this in the auspicious time gives very auspicious results. For this, the auspicious time is from 6:13 am to 10:22 am and Abhijit Muhurta is from 12:01 pm to 12:50 pm, during this time you can establish the Kalash and establish the eternal flame in front of the Goddess.
How to do Ghatasthapana
There are some special rules for doing Ghatasthapana in Chaitra Navratri 2025, according to which by doing Ghatasthapana, one gets the special grace and blessings of the Mother Goddess –
- To install the Kalash, first of all, spread a red or yellow cloth on the place where you have to install the Kalash and place the Kalash there.
- To install the Kalash, you can use a gold, silver, copper, brass or clay Kalash, after this, fill the Kalash with water and put gold or silver coins in it and add betel nut and turmeric rice.
- After this, put a mango tree on it and wrap the coconut in a red cloth and sow seven types of grains in clay pots, in this way you do Ghatasthapana.
Follow these rules in Navratri fasting
In Chaitra Navratri 2025 people keep fast for the entire 9 days, during this time you should not eat food, you should take fruit or satvik diet. To worship the mother in Navratri, keep yourself completely clean, the worship of the mother is done according to the complete rituals and rules, you should eat completely satvik diet and fruit diet, you can eat any kind of fruit.
Apart from this you can eat Sabudana Khichdi, water chestnut flour, milk, curd, all these things. By worshiping the mother in these 9 days with full rituals and attention, the mother is pleased and bestows special blessings on her devotees, with this all the troubles of the devotees are removed and they are filled with wealth and grains.
