When is Kojagari Puja 16th or 17th October? Know the importance of Lakshmi Puja on this day before Diwali

Kojagari Puja 2024: Sharad Purnima is considered very special in many ways. The last day of the month of Ashwin i.e. the full moon is called Sharad Purnima, there is a tradition of making kheer on this night and keeping it in moonlight overnight, it is said that on Sharad Purnima the moon becomes full of 16 arts and showers nectar.

It is believed that when kheer is kept at night, it also acquires the properties of nectar and consuming it brings good health. Before Diwali, special worship of Goddess Lakshmi on Sharad Purnima has significance. It is also called Kojagar Puja. Know the exact date, time and importance of Kojagar Puja.

When is Kojagara Purnima 2024?

Kojagari Purnima or Kojagar Puja is on 16 October 2024. This festival is mainly celebrated in Orissa, West Bengal and Assam on the day of Ashwin Purnima. According to religious beliefs, it is believed that Goddess Lakshmi visits the homes of her devotees on this day. There are eight forms of Goddess Lakshmi, meditating on any of these forms brings blessings of Goddess Lakshmi.

Kojagari Laxmi Puja 2024 date and time

• Ashwin Purnima date starts – 16 October 2024, 08.40 pm
• Ashwin Purnima date ends – 17 October 2024, 04.55 pm
• Kojagar Puja Nishita Kaal – 11:42 pm – 12.32 am, October 17
• Moonrise on the day of Kojagar Puja – 05:05 pm

Why is Kojagari puja performed? (Kojagara Puja significance)

The importance of Kojagar puja has been explained by Valakhilya Rishi. On the night of Kojagar Puja, Goddess Lakshmi comes to visit the earth to grant boons to the devotees who are doing Jagran. All the devotees who are surrounded by poverty must observe this fast. Whoever fasts on this day and worships Goddess Lakshmi at night, enjoys prosperity, health and the joy of having sons and grandchildren not only in this birth but also in other births.

According to the Kojagar Vrat story, on the night of Ashwin Purnima, Goddess Lakshmi goes out to tour the world and whichever devotee she finds awake, the Mother Goddess bestows him with wealth and grains.

Sharad Purnima 2024: Why kheer is kept in moonlight on Sharad Purnima, know its religious and scientific significance.

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