Kartik Maas 2024 Start and End Date: Time, Rituals and Significance

Kartik Maas , the starting of the month "Kartik" as per Hindu Calendar, this is the eighth month in the Hindu Calendar. Kartik month holds an immense religious and spiritual significance among Hindus. This month is also known as Damodara Month, dedicated to worship Lord Vishnu. During this month, devotees perform various religious and spiritual activities. The month of Kartik starting from today, Pratipada Tithi of Krishna Paksha i.e., on October 18, 2024.

Kartik Month 2024 : Date and Time

Pratipada Tithi Begins - October 17, 2024 - 04:58 PM
Pratipada Tithi Ends - October 18, 2024 - 01:17 PM

Kartik Maas 2024 Start and End Date

Kartik Maas Starting: October 18, 2024
Kartik Maas Ending: November 15, 2024

Kartik Maas 2024: Significance

Kartik Month is one of the most auspicious and sacred month of the year, which is dedicated to worship Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna. This month is popularly known as Damodara Month. This is the month of spiritual enlightenment and purification as we are moving from Uttarayan to Dakshinayana. This is the period of receiving the rewards of your Karma which you have done during this month. Bhishma Pitamah also left his body during the month of Kartik, honoring to Lord Vishnu.

This month is considered the most pious month to perform various religious and spiritual activities. Waking up during Brahma Muhurat, performing meditation, lighting diyas, offering prayers to Lord Vishnu, reciting prayers and hymns dedicated to Lord Krishna, chanting mantras, visiting temple and reciting Kartik Maas Katha everyday.

This is the time for the purification of your body, mind and soul, spiritual enlightenment, self awareness, and ultimately devotees get liberation from the cycle of birth and death if they perform puja to Lord Vishnu with utmost faith and devotion.

As we all know that Kartik Maas is the fourth and the last month of Chaturmaas, and after that Shri Hari will wake up after a long period of four months and bless the devotees again with his presence. Devotees are advised to perform puja during Rohini Nakshatra during this month as all the special pujas dedicated to Lord Krishna are performed during this particular Nakshatra.

Why lighting diya is important during the month of Kartik?

Lighting diya means removing the darkness and negativity from your mind and soul. Darkness here refers to ignorance from the reality. The ultimate truth is the supreme power and if we start lighting diya in front of the idol of Lord Vishnu then the supreme power helps us to get rid of the inner demons such as ego, greed, lust and attachments with materialistic world and purify the soul with the truth and removes all the sins which we might have done in the past.

Kartik Maas 2024: Puja Rituals

1. Wake up early in the morning during Brahma Muhurat around 3:30 AM.
2. Take a holy bath before starting puja rituals.
3. Special pujas and recitation of Katha happens almost in all the temples during this month so a large number of Lord Vishnu devotees visit temple early morning.
4. Those who are unable to visit temple, they take a wooden plank and place an idol of Lord Vishnu or Lord Krishna and perform puja at home by lighting diya and reciting Kartik Maas Katha.
5. After completing puja, offer Arghya to Lord Surya.
6. Taking holy dip in Ganga river is highly meritorious during the month of Kartik.
7. If you want to utilize this time the most then you must get involved in religious practices such as mantra chanting, reciting Kartik Mahatam Katha, reading Bhagavad Gita, reading Ramayana and reciting Vishnu Sahasranama.
8. Lighting diya near Tulsi plant is also considered rewarding.
9. In North India, many devotees start taking one time meal.
10. People must do good deeds such as donations and charity and feeding poor and needy people.
11. People must offer Tulsi Patra to Lord Vishnu daily.

Mantras you can chant daily:

1. Om Namo Narayanaye..!!
2. Om Namo Bhagvate Vasudevaye..!!
3. Shree Krishna Govind Hare Murari Hey Nath Narayan Vasudeva..!!
4. Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare..!!
5. Ram Ram Rameti Rame Raame Manorame Sahasranama Tatulyam Ram Naam Varanane..!!