Ahoi Ashtami 2024: Timing, Rituals, And Significance

Considered one of the most significant Hindu festival among Hindus, Ahoi Asthami is celebrated with great religious zeal during which mothers keep fast for the well-being of their children, pay their reverence to Ahoi Mata on this auspicious day. 

When exactly is Ahoi Ashtami celebrated?  

People are getting confused about the exact date of Ahoi Ashtami festival. So, here we will clear all your confusion and give you detailed information about this festival: Ashtami Tithi begins: 01:18 AM on Oct 24, 2024, and ends at 01:58 AM on Oct 25, 2024. The muharat for Ahoi Ashtami Puja is from 05:41 PM to 06:58 PM. On the other hand, the time for sighting stars is at 06:06 PM, considered the time for moonrise on Ahoi Ashtami: 11:54 PM. 

Ahoi Ashtami 2024: Significance

Ahoi Ashtami is a significant day which is commemorated by all the mothers as they pin their hoopes to the well-being, and good fortune of their children. Celebrated with much-enthusiasm in North India, mothers fast from dawn to dusk and they break the fast only when they sight the stars. This fast includes various puja rituals which they perform with purity. They do not eat and drink whole day. This festival falls eight days before Diwali . The festival is popularly known as Ahoi Athe as it occurs on Ashtami Tithi of Krishna Paksha.

Ahoi Ashtami 2024: Rituals

Women wake up early in the morning and take bath before starting puja rituals. They wear nice clean and traditional clothes. Women also adorn themselves with a silver necklace and locket has the picture of Ahoi Mata and they keep adding one silver bead every year. They worship it with milk, akshat and roli. Light a diya, recite the katha, offer bhog prasad to the Goddess. In the evening, break the fast after sighting the stars.

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