Basant Panchami 2024: The day of Basant Panchami is considered to be the most auspicious time for marriage because there is an unknown time on this day. That means, auspicious works like marriage, head shaving can be done at any time on this day. Every year the festival of Basant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha of Magh month. This time this festival is on Wednesday, 14 February 2024.
According to the scriptures, on the day of Basant Panchami, Tilakotsav of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati took place and their marriage rituals started. This is the reason why the day of Basant Panchami is considered auspicious for marriage.
This year, Valentine’s Day will also be celebrated along with the festival of Basant Panchami. Basant Panchami and Valentine’s Day are related to love and in such a situation, celebrating both of them on the same day is a very rare coincidence. This coincidence is happening after about 57 years. Basant Panchami is a symbol of education, love, knowledge and art and everyone knows that on Valentine’s Day people express their love for each other. In such a situation, celebrating Valentine’s Day and Basant Panchami on the same day is very special for lovers.
According to the Panchang, the auspicious time for the worship of Basant Panchami will be from 7:01 am to 12:35 pm on February 14. The auspicious time on Basant Panchami is for 5 hours 35 minutes. It is said that those who get married on the day of Basant Panchami receive blessings from all the Gods and Goddesses and this relationship lasts for 7 births.
