2023 Varalakshmi Vratam Puja Date and Puja Timings, Puja Duration, Puja Muhurat and Lagna details are given below.
Varalakshmi Pooja Day is considered a very important day to worship the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Varalakshmi is the consort of Sri Vishnu and one of the forms of Goddess Mahalakshmi. Varalakshmi appeared from the Milky Ocean or Kshir Sagar. She has the complexion of a milky ocean and wears similar colored attire.
It is believed that Goddess Varalakshmi confers boons and fulfills the desires of her devotees. Hence this form of the goddess is called Vara and Lakshmi, or the Goddess Lakshmi who confers boons.
Varalakshmi Vratam is an important pooja performed by many women in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharastra and Uttar Pradesh states.
2023 Varalakshmi Vratam Pooja Friday 25th August
Varalakshmi Vratam Puja:
Simha Lagna Puja Muhurat = 05:55 AM to 07:42 AM
Duration = 1 Hour 46 Mins
Vrishchika Lagna Puja Muhurat = 12:17 PM to 2:36 PM
Duration = 2 Hours 19 Mins
Kumbha Lagna Puja Muhurat = 6:22 PM to 7:50 PM
Duration = 1 Hour 27 Mins
Vrishabha Lagna Puja Muhurat = 10:50 PM to 12:45 AM (Nextday)
Duration = 1 Hour 56 Mins
About Varalakshmi Viratam / Vratam / Vrat:
Varalakshmi fasting is observed on the last Friday of Shravana Shukla Paksha which occurs a few days ahead of Rakhi and Shravana Purnima.
Varalakshmi Vrat is proposed for both men and women. However, in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra regions, Varalakshmi Vrat is mainly observed by married women only. Varalakshmi Vrat is observed with the desire for worldly pleasures, which includes children, spouse, luxury and all sorts of earthly pleasures.
Varalakshmi Vrat is very popular in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, where married women observe Varalakshmi Vrat for the well-being of their husbands and family members. Worshipping Goddess Vara-Lakshmi on this day is believed to be equivalent to worshipping Ashtalakshmi or ‘the eight Goddesses’. Sri, Bhu, Saraswati, Priti, Kirti, Shanti, Tushti and Pushti are the eight Goddesses referred to here.
In North Indian states Varalakshmi Puja is not much popular as in South Indian states. Varalakshmi Vratam is one of the most auspicious days to please Goddess Lakshmi and to seek her blessings.
Varalakshmi Goddess is a very kind and lucky form of Goddess Lakshmi. Goddess Lakshmi is a prime deity in Hinduism, known as the Goddess of wealth, prosperity, and riches. People worship and respect her in eight different forms.
- Adi Lakshmi or Maha Lakshmi – Goddess of Spiritual Wealth and Inner Conscience.
- Dhana Lakshmi – Goddess of Wealth/ Money
- Dhanya Lakshmi– Goddess of food grains/ agricultural produce
- Gaja Lakshmi– Goddess who is a giver of cattle/ prosperity and abundance
- Santana Lakshmi– Goddess who blesses a married couple with an offspring
- Dhairya Lakshmi– Goddess of Courage and valor
- Vijaya Lakshmi– Goddess of Victory
- Vidya Lakshmi– Goddess of Knowledge and Arts.
Varalakshmi Pooja Vidhi:
The preparations for Varalakshmi Pooja Vidhi start a day before the actual day, which is usually a Thursday. On that morning, women wake up early and clean all the items needed for the pooja, like the pots and the special pot called Kalash. They also put oil in the lamps and set them aside. They make decorations (Thoran) and a special thread (Pongu Nool) as mentioned earlier, and also prepare Kumkum. They arrange all the things needed for the puja on a plate and keep everything ready for the Varalakshmi Vrata ceremony on the next day.
How to Perform Varalakshmi Viratam:
- On a Friday morning married women must wake up early take a bath and drape a silk saree and wear gold jewelry.
- One must observe fast till the Valakshmi pooja ends (elderly women or women having medical conditions can have fruits and milk).
- Now draw a rangoli with rice flour and place the Peeta over this rangoli.
- Place a banana leaf on the wooden plank and put a handful of whole rice grains on the banana leaves and place the Kalash filled with aromatic water along with the coconut and betel leaves on these rice grains.
- Now with a fresh blouse piece (a cloth used to stitch the blouse for women) cover the coconut in a conical shape.
- Apply turmeric to the face of the coconut facing us and adorn it with ornaments like a nose ring, decorative eyes, and a neckpiece. You can also buy the readymade face of the goddess or a pot which are easily available in the market.
- Tie a pongu nool around the neck of the coconut or the face of Varalakshmi Mata. The pongu is considered as the mangal sutra.
- Apply chandan andkumkum tikas on the forhead, legs and hands of the goddess.
- Now start doing the Puja by ligting ghee diya
- You can worship Goddess Lakshmi by using or meditating on energized Lakshmi Yantras.
- One can simply meditate on Goddess Lakshmi and chant Her seed mantra: ‘ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं लक्ष्मीभयो नमः॥ Om Hreem Shreem Lakshmibhayo Namah॥
- You can also chant the Lakshmi Mantra on the Lotus Seed bead.
- You can also perform a Mahalakshmi Puja under qualified Brahmins. It is a highly recommended activity on this day.
- The puja includes Kalash Sthapana,
- Panchang Sthapana (Gauri Ganesh, Punyavachan, Shodash Matrika, Navgraha, Sarvotabhadra),
- 64 yogini Pujan,
- Shetrapal Pujan,
- Swasti Vachan,
- Sankalpa, Ganesh Pujan and Abhishek,
- Navgraha Pujan and 108 chants of each planetary mantra,
- Invocation of major Gods and Goddesses in Kalash,
- Laxmi Idol Abhishek and Pujan,
- Laxmi Yantra Puja,
- Recitation of Lakshmi Suktam,
- Lakshmi Stotram Mantra and Recitation of Kanakdhara Strotra, Lakshmi Mantra Japa,
- Laxmi Homa,
- Aarti and Pushpaanjali.
- You can wear Seven Mukhi Rudraksha beads as it is ruled by Goddess Lakshmi. Wearing these Rudraksha beads on this day purifies your inner self and strengthens your willpower as well as attracts financial opportunities.
- Start the puja by first worshipping Lord Ganesh by chanting His mantra and stotram
- After doing the Ganesha pooja, take some akshat and fresh flowers in your right palm and chant the Avahanam sloka.
- Now think about Goddess Lakshmi and with pure devotion offer the akshata and flowers to the pot or the Kalash that you have installed.
- Visualise Goddess Lakshmi in mind and offer the flowers and akshatha to kalasha.
- After this is done perform the Thorakrandhi pooja also known as the Nonbu Saradu pooja or the Thoram Pooja.
- Finally, perform the Mangala Aarathi by offering various types of Naivedyam prepared to the God Nonbu Saradu.
- Women must now tie the thoram (turmeric-covered thread) on their right-hand wrist and wear a Pongu nool around their neck.
- Now mix Kumkum and turmeric in water in a vessel and sing the Mangala Aarti.
