Raksha Bandhan 2024: Tomorrow the festival of Rakshabandhan will be celebrated across the country. Rakshabandhan is a celebration of the unbreakable bond and love between brothers and sisters. On this day, sisters wish good luck to their brothers by tying a tilak on their forehead and Raksha Sutra in their hands. In return, brothers promise to protect their sisters. But this time the shadow of inauspicious Bhadra is also going to remain on Rakhi. Due to which people will have many questions in their minds regarding the auspicious time to tie Raksha Sutra to their brother. Let us give you answers to all such questions.
When is Saavan Purnima Tithi? (Raksha Bandhan Date and Time)
Sawan Purnima will start at 03.04 pm on 19th August. Purnima Tithi will end at 11.55 pm on the night of 19th August itself. In such a situation, on the basis of Udaya Tithi, Rakshabandhan will be celebrated on Monday, 19th August only.
How long will Bhadra remain on Rakshabandhan? (Raksha Bandhan Bhadra Kaal Timing)
Bhadra Kaal on Rakshabandhan is going to be from 02.21 am to 01.30 am on 19th August. Bhadra Poonch will be there from 09.51 am to 10.53 am on Raksha Bandhan. Then Bhadra Mukha will remain from 10.53 to 12.37. Bhadra period will end at 01.30 pm. However, this Bhadra period will not have any impact on Rakshabandhan. Actually, due to Moon being in Capricorn, Bhadra’s residence will be in the underworld. Therefore, the auspicious works happening on earth will not be interrupted. Therefore, on Rakshabandhan, you can tie Rakhi to your brother at any time.
What is the time to tie Rakhi? (Auspicious time for Raksha Bandhan)
This time on Rakshabandhan, there will be two auspicious times to tie Rakhi to brother. The first Muhurta will be in the afternoon and the second Muhurta will be in the evening. You can tie Rakhi on your brother’s wrist during any of these auspicious times.
First time- The first auspicious time to tie Rakhi on Rakshabandhan will be from 01.46 pm to 04.19 pm. That means you will get full time of 2 hours 33 minutes to tie Rakhi.
Second auspicious time- Apart from this, you can also tie Rakhi on your brother’s wrist in the evening during Pradosh period. On this day, Pradosh Kaal will be from 06.56 pm to 09.07 pm.
How to celebrate Rakshabandhan? (How to celebrate Raksha Bandhan)
On the day of Rakshabandhan, make your brother sit on a stool early in the morning after taking bath. Place a cloth or handkerchief on his head. Keep in mind that while tying Rakhi, brother’s face should be towards east and sister’s face should be towards west. To tie Rakhi, first apply Roli-Chandan and Akshat tilak on your brother’s forehead. After this, perform aarti to brother with ghee lamp. After that, sweeten their mouth by tying Rakhi. After this, if possible, request for food with love.
While tying Rakhi to brother, sisters must chant a miraculous mantra. The mantra of Rakshabandhan is- ” By whom King Bali, the mighty lord of demons, is bound, I promise to protect you, Machal Machal:।’
Tradition and importance of Rakshabandhan
The tradition of celebrating Rakshabandhan in India is centuries old. According to a legend, when King Bali took a promise from Lord Vishnu and kept him with him in the underworld. Then Mother Lakshmi tied Rakhi on the wrist of Raksha Raja Bali and asked him to return home of Lord Vishnu.
According to the story related to Mahabharata, once Draupadi had torn a cloth from her dress and tied it on Krishna’s wrist to heal his injury. Lord Shri Krishna was so happy and impressed by this that he made Draupadi his sister and took the responsibility of protecting her. It is said that since then the tradition of celebrating the festival of Rakshabandhan has been going on.