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Vivah Panchami Significance: Every year the great festival of ‘Vivah Panchami’ is celebrated on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha of Margashirsha (Agahan) month. This day is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout the country, especially in Ayodhya and Janakpur of Nepal, as the holy anniversary of the marriage of Lord Shri Ram and Mother Sita. On this day, special worship is done to Lord Ram and Mother Janaki and their marriage is celebrated.
According to the calendar, in the year 2025, the holy festival of Vivah Panchami will be celebrated on Tuesday, 25 November 2025. However, despite this date being so auspicious and sacred, according to the beliefs of Hindu religion, human marriages are considered prohibited on this day. Let us know that worship is done with rituals on this day, but why marriages do not take place?
Why don’t marriages take place on Vivah Panchami? This big reason is hidden in the scriptures
As much as worship and celebration on Vivah Panchami is considered auspicious, marriage of common people on this day is considered inauspicious. The reason behind this is related to the incidents of suffering and separation in the life of Lord Ram and Mother Sita.
Troubles in Ram-Sita’s married life
According to religious and folk beliefs, soon after the marriage of Lord Rama and Mother Sita, they had to face many great sorrows and separations in their life:
14 years of exile: Shortly after the marriage, Lord Ram had to undergo a harsh exile of 14 years, in which Mother Sita also had to go with him.
Abduction by Ravana: Mother Sita was abducted by Ravana during her exile, due to which Lord Rama had to fight a long and fierce war.
Ordeal and exile: After the end of the exile and return to Ayodhya, Mother Sita had to undergo the ordeal and later due to public condemnation, she had to leave the royal palace and live in the forest with her sons.
core belief
This belief has been going on from generation to generation that on the holy date on which the marriage of Ram and Sita took place, that bond also had to endure so many hardships in life, then the married life of ordinary people who get married on this date can also face obstacles, troubles and separation. This is the reason that on the day of Vivah Panchami, the worship and celebration of the marriage of Ram and Sita is celebrated with full devotion, but due to the fear of troubles in family life, people do not marry their children on this day.
Importance of worship of Vivah Panchami
The day of Vivah Panchami symbolizes the sacred bond of Lord Ram and Mother Sita, whose couple is considered the best example of an ideal married life in Hinduism. Therefore his worship on this day has special significance. It is believed that the people who recite and worship the marriage story of Ram-Sita with true heart on this day, all the obstacles coming in their marriage are removed and they get a suitable life partner. This day is considered very auspicious to maintain love, harmony and sweetness in married life. To remove rift between husband and wife, reciting the marriage incident of Ramcharitmanas on this day is very fruitful. By observing fast and worshiping on this day, one gets good fortune and desired results.
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