Margashirsha Purnima 2025 Vrat: Check Moonrise Timings, Sankshipta Puja Vidhi, What to Follow & Avoid

Margashirsha Purnima 2025 Vrat: Check Moonrise Timings, Sankshipta Puja Vidhi, What to Follow & Avoid

Margashirsha Purnima Vrat holds great spiritual importance in Hinduism, especially for devotees of Lord Vishnu and Lord Chandra. This sacred fast is observed on the Shukla Paksha Purnima, and is believed to grant merit, peace, and prosperity. Many believers follow Upavasa, perform puja rituals, and offer Arghya to the Moon for blessings and fulfillment of wishes.

Margashirsha Purnima 2025 Upavasa Date and Timings

Importance of Margashirsha Purnima Vrat

Purnima is considered the most divine lunar phase. Scriptures like Skanda Purana, Padma Purana, Narada Purana and Mahabharata mention that this vrat destroys sins and blesses devotees with happiness, progeny, and good fortune. It is also called Dvatrimshi Purnima Vrat and is said to be especially fruitful for worshipping Lord Vishnu and Lord Chandra. Observing this vrat purifies the mind and enhances devotion.

Sankshipta Puja Vidhi

• Rise early and take a holy bath. Using Gangajal for bathing at home is also considered sacred.
• Take a Sankalpa for the well-being of the family.
• Perform Kalash Sthapana and worship Lord Ganesha.
• Offer Shodashopachara Puja to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.
• Worship Lord Vishnu, Goddess Lakshmi, and the Moon according to traditions.
• Observe fast throughout the day with prayers and chanting.
• Perform Chandra Puja and offer Arghya to Moon in the evening.
• Recite or listen to Purnima Vrat Katha with devotion.
• Satyanarayana Puja is highly auspicious on this day.

• Many devotees follow a phalahari diet, consuming only fruits, milk-based items and water.
• Avoid: Grains, heavy spices, tea, coffee, tobacco and all tamasic food items.
• Some devotees also follow Nirjala fasting (waterless fasting) based on their capacity.

The vrat is typically concluded after Moon worship in the evening. Before breaking the fast, devotees donate ghee, sesame, rice, clothes or food to Brahmins as per their capability. After offering food and dakshina to a Brahmin, the devotee may eat fruits or light sattvic food.

Udyapana Vidhi: Conclusion of the Vrat

The Udyapana of this vrat is done on an auspicious Purnima, especially in Jyeshtha month. As guided in Bhavishya Purana:

• Kalash Sthapana, Uma-Maheshwara Puja and devotional singing are performed.
• Next morning, Havana is conducted with 108 ahutis using sesame, barley and ghee.
• Thirty-two fruits and charity to 32 Brahmins and 32 women are prescribed.
• Donating a cow with calf is mentioned for those able to do so.