Here are 5 things that you should keep in mind while fasting...
It's a month full of festivities and we are not complaining. Today all the mothers out there have kept Ahoi Ashtami fast- a fast kept for well being of their sons.
Popular in North India, Ahoi Ashtami is similar to Karva Chauth. On this day women fast for the entire day and abstain even from water throughout the day.
Traditionally, on Ahoi Ashtami mothers used to fast from dawn to dusk for the wellbeing of their sons. But these days, the fast is observed for the wellbeing of all children i.e. for sons as well as for daughters.
The fast is broken only after sighting the stars. Some women break the fast after sighting the moon but it might be difficult to follow as the moon rises late in the night on Ahoi Ashtami.
Here are 5 things that you should keep in mind while fasting...
1. It is highly inauspicious to wear black or dark blue clothes while fasting.
2. Don't include ginger and garlic in food today. These are tamsik food and eating them while fasting will have ill effects.
3. Apart from sweets, grains, don't forget to keep some money as Dhakshina.
4. Don't sleep during the day while fasting.
5. Don't use stale prasad, flowers for puja. It is not recommended to use copper utensils while performing puja rituals.
Here's the shubh Muhurat to perform puja rituals as per Drik Panchang...
Ahoi Ashtami Puja Muhurat - 05:46 PM to 07:02 PM
Duration - 01 Hour 16 Mins
Govardhana Radha Kunda Snan on Monday, October 21, 2019
Sanjh (evening) time for sighting Stars - 06:10 PM
Moonrise on Ahoi Ashtami - 11:46 PM
Ashtami Tithi Begins - 06:44 AM on Oct 21, 2019
Ashtami Tithi Ends - 05:25 AM on Oct 22, 2019
Puja Vidhi
Mothers observe fast for the entire day without even having a drop of water. In the evening when the stars are visible in the sky, narrate a traditional story with this festival to all her children. After the vrath kath, the mother offers water to stars and homemade sweets and breaks her fast. She prays for the health, well being and long life of her children.
During puja, there is an interesting and fun-filled ritual, where she throws the home-made sweets (tuntunae-munmunae, a funny and kiddish name, especially kept for little children to attract) and invites all her children to compete and ask them to grab the maximum. Children feel involved and enjoy this play during puja.
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