Sita Navami: Date, Time and Significance of this day
Sita Navami is celebrated just one month after the Ram Navami.
New Delhi: Sita Navami is celebrated as the birth anniversary of the goddess Sita. The festival is also celebrated as Sita Jayanti. Every year, Sita Navami falls on the ninth day of Vaishakha Month, during the Shukla Paksha.
Sita Navami: Puja Date
In 2023, Sita Navami will be celebrated on April 29.
Sita Navami: Puja Timing
Timing of the Puja: 11:19 AM to 1:53 PM on April 29, 2023
Sita Navami: Tithi
Tithi begins: 04:01 PM on April 28, 2023
Tithi ends: 6:22 PM on April 29, 2023
Importance of Sita Navmi
On the day of Sita Jayanti, married women pray for the long lives of their husbands. Mata Sita is known for her devotion towards her husband-Lord Ram, therefore this day is considered auspicious for married women. Married women on this day observe fast for the well-being of their husbands.
Sita Navami is celebrated just one month after the Ram Navami.
Sita Navami 2023: Rituals to follow on this day
- One should take a holy dip in the river before sunrise and chant the Mantra dedicated to the river.
- Women do fasting on this day. Women fast for the whole day, they can only have fruits and water and can break the fast, the next day.
- You can visit Rama-Sita Mandir and offer prayer there. One should offer flowers and can offer sweets as bhog to Mata Sita.
Sita Navami 2023: Benefits
It is believed that married women get a long and happy married life and it brings motherhood to the one, wishing for it.
As Mata Sita is known as Bhumija, therefore people get an abundance of wealth and prosperity by fasting on this day.
About the Birthplace of Goddess Sita
There are many stories associated with the Birthplace of Mata Sita. Some believe that she was born in a place name Sitamarhi, in the state of Bihar. Others believe that she was born in some province of Nepal. There is also another angle of the story that says, she was found in the lap of Mother Earth, hidden inside a ploughed field, and was adopted by the King of Mithila, Raja Janak. This is the story according to the Tamil version of Valmiki’s Ramayan.
Goddess Sita is known by various names including Janaki, Bhumija, Maithili, Vaidehi, etc.