Navratri 2020 Day 1 date, shubh muhurat and Kalash sthapana
The auspicious nine-day Navratri festival will begin tomorrow. Maa Durga devotees should fast and worship one of the nine Durga forms every day. In the first day, Pratipada, the devotees will worship Maa Shailputri. Read on to know more about the 2020 Navratri color for day 1, the times of Kalash sthapana, Shailputri puja vidhi, tithi and mantra.
Navratri 2020 Day 1 date
The Navratri celebrations will begin on October 17 this year.
Navratri 2020 Day 1 color
This year, the color of day one of Navratri 2020 is gray. Check the meaning of this color.
Navratri 2020 Kalash Sthapana Shubh Muhurat
According to drikpanchang, the Kalash Sthapana shubh muhurat is between 6:23 am and 10:12 am You can also choose the Abhijit Muhurat.
Abhijit Muhurat is between 11:43 am and 12:29 pm
Navratri 2020 Pratipada Tithi schedules
Pratipada tithi begins at 1:00 am on October 17 and ends at 9:08 pm on October 17.
Shailputri Puja
Devotees begin the Navratri celebrations by offering their prayers to Maa Shailputri, the daughter of the Himalayas. The pictorial representation of Maa Shailputri shows her with two hands. She holds the Trishul (Trident) in the right hand, a pink lotus in the left. A crescent adorns his forehead.
As she is riding on a bull, her vahana, she is also known as Vrisha Roodha. In her previous birth, she was Sati, the daughter of King Daksha. She immolated herself after her father humiliated her husband, Lord Shiva, by not inviting him to a Yagnya who had all the Gods, Goddesses, Devas, and Devis as guests.
Shailputri Puja Vidhi
Begin the puja by invoking Lord Ganesha (Vighnaharta) and seek his blessings for an unhindered Navratri vrat.
Invoke Maa Shailputri by chanting the following Mantras.
Shailputri Mantras
ॐ देवी शैलपुत्र्यै नमः॥
Om Devi Shailaputryai Namah॥
वन्दे वाञ्छितलाभाय चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखराम्।
वृषारूढां शूलधरां शैलपुत्रीं यशस्विनीम्॥
Vande Vanchhitalabhaya Chandrardhakritashekharam।
Vrisharudham Shuladharam Shailaputrim Yashasvinim॥
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु माँ शैलपुत्री रूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Maa Shailaputri Rupena Samsthita।
Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah॥
Perform the Panchopchara puja offering Gandham, Pushpam, Deepam, Sugandham Y Naivedyam (bhog). See the list of offers for Mata Shailputri.
Conclude the puja by chanting the Aarti and offer your greeting by lighting the camphor.
After bidding, distribute prasad.
