Ashadha Gupt Navratri 2025: Date, Time, Puja Rituals and Significance of Gupt Navratri
This time, Gupt Navratri begins from today, Pratipada Tithi of Shukla Paksha in the month of Ashadha i.e., on
June 26, 2025
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Ashadha Gupt Navratri
2025: Date and Time
Festival and Tithi
Date and Time
Pratipada Tithi Begins
June 25, 2025 - 04:00 PM
Pratipada Tithi Ends
June 26, 2025 - 01:24 PM
Mithuna Lagna Begins
June 26, 2025 - 05:24 AM
Mithuna Lagna Ends
June 26, 2025 - 06:57 AM
Ghatasthapana Muhurat
June 26, 2025 - 05:24 AM to 06:57 AM
Ghatasthapana Abhijit Muhurat
June 26, 2025 - 11:55 AM to 12:51 PM
Ashadha Navratri 2025: Significance
Navratri is considered the most sacred time for worshipping Maa Durga continuously, both day and night. Throughout the Navratri festival, Maa Durga is honored for nine long days and nights. Devotees offer prayers to Durga Mata, seeking the blessings of the Goddess during this period. Gupt Navratri occurs twice a year in the months of Magha and Ashadha, while the main Navratri festival is celebrated during Kartik and Chaitra Month.
During Gupt Navratri, the nine forms of Mahavidhya are worshipped with immense devotion and purity. Although Gupt Navratri is not widely recognized, it is regarded as the most powerful time for individuals who engage in Mantra and Tantra Sadhana, making it an exceptionally potent period for invoking Goddess Durga. Practitioners adhere to various puja rituals, including performing hawan, observing fasts, and refraining from food and water for nine consecutive days to honor and please the Goddess.
Ashadha Navratri 2025: Puja Rituals
Wake up early in the morning and take a holy bath before starting puja rituals.
Take a wooden plank and place an idol of Maa Durga on that.
Take a kalash filled with water, take a coconut and keep it on the Kalash.
Do Ghatsthapana after placing that Kalash in front of the idol.
Now light a diya with desi ghee, incense sticks and offer red hibiscus flowers to Maa Durga.
Offer sweets, fruits and dry fruits and adorn Ma Durga with shringar items.
Now invoke the idol by chanting various vedic mantras dedicated to Maa Durga.
Recite Durga Saptashati and seek blessings of Maa Durga.
Mantra
Om Jayanti Mangala Kaali Bhadra Kaali Kapalini Durga Kshama Shivadhatri Swaha Swadha Namostute..!!
Sarva Mangal Mangalyaye Shive Sarvartha Sadhike Sharanyaye Triyambike Gauri Narayani Namostute..!!
Sarva Badha Vinirmukto Dhan Dhanye Sutanviataha Manushyo Mat Prasaaden Bhavishyati Na sanshayaha..!!
Sarva Swaroope Sarveshe Sarvashakti Samanvite Bhayebhye Strahi Nau Devi Durga Devi Namostute..!!
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