Basant Panchami 2022: According to the panchang, February 5, 2022 is the Panchami tithi of Magh Shukla. This day is also celebrated Basant Panchami. The festival of Basant Panchami is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. On this day, special puja is performed for Goddess Saraswati.
Basant Panchami is associated with knowledge and learning. In the Hindu religion, Goddess Saraswati is considered to be the goddess of knowledge. This year Basant Panchami is on Saturday.
Importance Of Yellow Colour On Basant Panchami
Yellow coloUr has special significance on Basant Panchami. On Basant Panchami, Goddess Saraswati is worshipped with yellow flowers. She is presented with yellow coloured garments. It is believed that from this day the spring season begins. The season of winter begins to recede.
Basant Panchami, Auspicious Muhurat
According to panchag, the Shukla Panchami of Magh month will start from 03.47 am on February 05 and end at 03.46 am on February 06. And so, the festival of Basant Panchami will be celebrated on Saturday, February 05, 2022. On this day, Siddha Yoga continues till 5.40 pm. According to the panchang, on this day, there will be 'Uttarabhadrapada' nakshatra.
Basant Panchami
According to the legend, when Lord Brahma, created the world and gave a place for everything to be in it. In order to include everyone and fill up the world, Lord Brahma created trees, forests, mountains, rivers, and living beings. Even after creating so much, Lord Brahma could see something was lacking, he could not understand what he could do.
After much thought, Lord Brahma picked up his 'kamandal' (pot of water) and took the water in his hand, and sprinkled it. As soon as he did that, a Goddess appeared. She had a 'Veena' (a string instrument) in one hand and a book in another. In the third hand was a garland and the fourth hand was raised so as to give blessings.
Lord Brahma was pleased to see this and this goddess was called Saraswati. As soon as Goddess Saraswati touched the strings of her Veena with her fingers, musical tones were created to the effect that they gave rhythm and rhyme to all the things in nature. That day was the day of Basant Panchami. Since then, Goddess Saraswati is being worshipped in 'Dev Lok' and 'Mrityuloka'.
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