Ahoi Ashtami 2023: Date, Timeless Tradition and Celebrations
Ahoi Ashtami 2023: Get ready to celebrate the joyous Hindu festival of Ahoi Ashtami, which has great astrological importance! Celebrated on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Kartik, this colorful event fills Indian homes with love and devotion. Ahoi Ashtami is mostly devoted to Ahoi Mata, the Hindu goddess of childbirth and fertility, whom people worship for her longevity and well-being.
On this day, mothers fast. They observe a unique process that includes praying, offering petitions, and eating delectable snacks before breaking the fast, which is only done after they spot stars in the twilight sky. In addition, families celebrate Ahoi Ashtami with great zeal and excitement because they feel it provides prosperity and safeguards their children’s wellbeing.
When is Ahoi Ashtami 2023?
Here are the details for the Ahoi Ashtami 2023 date and Shubh puja Muhurat:
Ahoi Ashtami 2023 Date: 5 November 2023
Ahoi Ashtami 2023 Puja Muhurat: 06:00 PM to 07:13 PM
Ahoi Ashtami 2023 Stars Gazing Time: 05:58 PM
The Significance and Importance of Ahoi Ashtami 2023
Mothers celebrate Ahoi Ashtami with the hope of providing a healthy and happy life for their children. Women undertake a fast while performing elaborate ceremonies to adore the goddess Ahoi. It is said that the Ahoi Ashtami Puja Vidhi should be performed by women who are having trouble conceiving or who have miscarried in order to have a healthy kid. It is customary to break the fast after stargazing, following a full day of fasting. The Hindu Panchang’s Ahoi Ashtami calendar indicates when it is possible to glimpse the stars.
Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Katha
A woman in the hamlet, who had seven boys, went to the forest in the Hindu month of Kartik to fetch some supplies for her home’s restoration. She began using an axe to dig the ground close to a den. Sadly, the cub in the den perished when the woman’s axe fell on it. The woman had sympathy and guilt.
Her seven sons passed away in less than a year after her sons began to pass away one by one after a few days. She started feeling down, and some of the older women in her village began comforting her. She told them the whole story of the cub’s death and explained that everything had happened accidentally.
The woman thanked her for her confession and informed her that she had already atoned for half of her guilt by doing so. They advised her to worship Ashtami Bhagwati, the goddess, in order to get her sins forgiven. Following her fast on Kartik Krishna Ashtami, the woman began a regular prayer and fast. Some time, she got back all seven sons.
Ahoi Ashtami 2023 Vidhi and Rituals
Ahoi Ashtami Puja is only effective when all the procedures are followed. The following are the procedures for doing Ahoi Ashtami Puja:
1. Sankalp: Women should make the Sankalp (promise) and observe the fast in order to ensure the long life of their offspring on the day of the Ahoi Ahstami festival.
2. Ahoi Ashtami Puja: During the Ahoi Ashtami Puja, Ahoi Mata is worshipped. In the evening, women perform the puja by reciting the Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Katha and wishing each other a happy Ahoi Ashtami. During the Puja, roli, rice, and milk are worshipped and a silver sau is used for the ritual. Afterward, the Syau is worn as a pendant around the neck. Ahoi Ashtami Aarti is also recited during the puja.
3. Ahoi Ashtami Upaaye: You should give the Goddess red and white flowers during the Ahoi Ashtami Puja. Additional contributions consist of pua, sandalwood, and halwa. In the evening, people also light diyas beneath the peepal tree.
4. Worshipping the Stars: Women do the puja and narrate the Ahoi Ashtami Katha on Ahoi Ashtami evening, following which they offer Arghya to the stars. After breaking their fast with the Goddess’s Prasad, devotees utilize the Kalash to offer Arghya to the stars.
5. Connection to Krishnashtmi: Because Ahoi Ashtami occurs on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha in the Hindu calendar, it is also referred to as Krishnashtami. This is seen as a highly lucky day for those who are having trouble getting pregnant. In Mathura, devotees bathe in the holy “Radha Kunda,” a pond.