Diwali 2024 Lakshmi Puja: Best Shubh Muhurat, Rituals and Prosperity Tips for a Blissful Festival!
Diwali, or the "Festival of Lights," is a celebration to drive darkness away and usher in lights into our lives. The festival represents good triumphing over evil and wisdom fighting ignorance. Homes are made to shine with lamps on this day and decorated with rangoli, signifying hopes, joy, and prosperity. Maa Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, is central to Diwali celebrations, which believe she comes to visit her devotees' homes, bestowing abundance on them. Diwali falls on October 31, 2024. Here's everything you need to know about the Lakshmi Puja muhurat, puja vidhi, and other auspicious rituals for Diwali.
Shubh Muhurat for Lakshmi Puja on Diwali 2024
It will happen on the evening of 31st October as per the Panchang. Puja can be done the most ideal between 5:37 in the evening and 8:45 in the evening. During this time, it said to be the most auspicious time to invoke the grace of Maa Lakshmi for prosperity and fortune.
More Auspicious Lakshmi Puja Timings
For those who fail to perform puja according to the auspicious muhurat of the Diwali day, they may settle for the alternative timings for Diwali as depicted below:
- Pradosh Kaal Muhurat: 5:35 to 8:11 p.m.
- Vrishabh Kaal Muhurat: 6:21 p.m. to 8:17 p.m.
- Nishita Kaal Muhurat: 11:39 p.m. to 12:31 a.m. (late in the night)
These even work as an alternative conducting Lakshmi Puja respectfully and accurately.
Detailed Lakshmi Puja Vidhi for Diwali 2024
- Preparation and Cleanliness: Start your day by cleaning the house properly because Maa Lakshmi is believed to reside in clean and neat spaces.
- Decorating Puja Space: In the evening, decorate the home with flowers, leaves, and rangoli. Put a toran at the main door and decorate the puja area with colorful rangoli designs.
- Altar Setting Up: Place some cleaned surface with a red cloth over it. Now put idols of Lakshmi and Ganesh Ji over it. Some put an idol or pic of Lord Kuber here symbolizing wealth. All keep cash and other kinds of valuables as prosper.
- Offer to the Gods: Light a ghee lamp and incense sticks. Make roli, rice, flowers, and other things offerings to Maa Lakshmi, Ganesh Ji, and Kuber Ji. The Lakshmi and Kuber mantras chanted during the puja are considered especially effective.
- Bhog Offering: After finishing all the rituals, make kheer as bhog to Maa Lakshmi. It is said that kheer offerings fetch more blessings.
- Lighting Diyas: Once the puja is over, light diyas throughout your home. This way, light will chase away darkness, bringing in light and good fortune for your home.
Diwali Rituals and Auspicious Items
More Tips for Blessings and Prosperity
- Elephants for Good Fortune: As per Hinduism, if a person keeps a silver or gold elephant idol in his house, Maa Lakshmi's blessings would certainly prevail and ward off the bad effects of Rahu.
- Turmeric-Treated Cowries: Cowries depict Maa Lakshmi. Soak white cowries in turmeric liquid to make them yellowish. Wrap them in red cloth and keep on altar. After puja keep them in your safe to enhance financial growth.
Why Diwali?
Diwali is the celebration of Indian culture, where the bonds of society become more firm as the people join to celebrate together. This day is also thought to honor ancestors who grant their family their good fortune. It is during this day that people traditionally prepare sweets, burst firecrackers, and gift one another with things, bringing merriment to the festivities. The festival of Diwali brings light, prosperity, and goodness to a person's life. Diwali is among the favorite festivals in India.
Wishing you Diwali 2024, may Maa Lakshmi bless you with wealth, health, and happiness this year.
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