Guru Purnima 2025 — Know The Date, Auspicious Rituals, And All About This Day

Guru Purnima marks the birth anniversary of Maharishi Ved Vyas, the sage who authored the Veds, which is why the day is also known as Vyas Purnima or Ashadhi Purnima.

Guru Purnima 2025

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The full moon day of the Hindu month of Ashadh is considered highly auspicious and is celebrated as Guru Purnima. This sacred day is dedicated to expressing gratitude and reverence towards one’s guru or spiritual teacher. It also marks the birth anniversary of Maharishi Ved Vyas, the sage who authored the Veds, which is why the day is also known as Vyas Purnima or Ashadhi Purnima.

When Is Guru Purnima In 2025?

This year, Guru Purnima will be celebrated on Thursday, July 10, 2025. The day serves as a reminder of the vital role a guru plays in an individual's life. As Saint Kabir beautifully expressed in his couplet:
“Guru Govind dou khade, kaake laagun paay;
Balihaari Guru aapne, Govind diyo batay.”
It means, "If both God and Guru were to appear before me, whose feet should I touch first? I would bow to my Guru first, for he is the one who led me to God."

Why Is A Guru Considered Above God?

In spiritual traditions, the guru is revered even above God because it is the guru who shows the path to the divine. A guru dispels ignorance through wisdom, paving the way for success, knowledge, and respect in society. Hence, the significance of Guru Purnima lies in acknowledging the transformative power of a teacher’s guidance.

If you seek progress, success, and peace in life, certain rituals performed on Guru Purnima can bring fruitful results.

Guru Purnima 2025: Auspicious Rituals And Remedies

• For Success in Career and Business:
  If efforts are not yielding desired results or growth in job and business is stagnant, offer yellow sweets to the deities on Guru Purnima. Later, distribute them as prasad. This is believed to help unlock new opportunities for advancement.
• For Financial Gains:
  According to the experts, donating yellow items such as grains, sweets, or clothes to the poor and needy on Guru Purnima helps attract wealth and prosperity.
• For a Harmonious Married Life:
  Install a Guru Yantra in your home on this day and worship it with devotion. This ritual is said to resolve issues in marital life and bring harmony in relationships.
• To Strengthen the Planet Jupiter (Guru) in Horoscope:
  If the Jupiter (Guru) planet is weak in your birth chart, it may hinder your growth despite your best efforts. To strengthen it, donate items such as turmeric, yellow lentils, gram flour laddoos, bananas, chana dal, saffron, or brass utensils according to your capacity on Guru Purnima. These offerings can bring positive changes by enhancing Jupiter’s influence.

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