Radha Ashtami (Radhashtami) 2025 🌸 celebrates the birth of Goddess Radha, the divine consort of Lord Krishna. It falls 15 days after Janmashtami, on the Shukla Paksha Ashtami of the Bhadrapada month.
📅 Date & Tithi Details
- Date: Sunday, 31 August 2025
- Ashtami Tithi starts: 30 August 2025, around 10:46 PM Tithi ends: 31 August 2025, between 12:57 AM and 1:38 PM (varies slightly) Madhyahna Puja Muhurat: ~10:00 AM – 12:30 PM on 31
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🤍 Significance
- Celebrates the divine birth of Srimati Radharani, revered as the embodiment of pure devotion (bhakti) toward Krishna, and also regarded as a form of Goddess Lakshmi
- Emphasises unconditional love, spiritual union, and the soul’s yearning for the divine.
🕉️ Puja & Rituals
- Morning Preparations
- Wake before sunrise, take a holy bath, wear clean (often yellow/red) clothes.
- Set up an altar with Radha–Krishna idols, flowers, incense, and lamps
- Abhishekam (Idol Bath)
- Bathe the deity with panchamrit (milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar/jaggery).
- Alankara (Decoration)
- Dress the idols in fresh clothes and garlands; offer lotus and tulsi leaves
- Naivedya (Offerings)
- Offer sweets like peda, makhan‑mishri, kheer, and fruits
- Mantra Chanting & Bhajans
- Chant Radha mantras (“Om Vrishabhanujyai Vidmahe…”)Radhā Ashtakam, Hare Krishna Mahamantra.
- Recite or listen to Radha Ashtami Katha, sing bhajans or kirtans
- Fasting (Vrat)
- Many observe a nirjala or partial fast, breaking fast after midday puja
- Aarti & Distribution
- Perform aarti, distribute prasad, and offer food or charity.
🌏 Regional & Temple Celebrations
- Barsana, Vrindavan, Mathura: Grand Jhankis, flower showers, ISKCON, Radha‑Krishna temples: Special abhishekam, mass kirtans.
- Celebrations across North & East India, including devotional gatherings and prayers
✨ Spiritual Benefits
- Cultivates devotion and interpersonal harmony.
- Believed to cleanse the mind, boost spiritual elevation, and invite divine grace
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🗓️ Radha Ashtami 2025 Quick Guide
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Time |
Recommended Activity |
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Pre-dawn |
Bath, altar setup |
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~10 AM–12:30 PM |
Abhishekam, puja, mantra chanting |
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Midday |
Offer naivedya, perform aarti, break fast |
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Afternoon-evening |
Bhajans, chants, prasad distribution |