Gita Jayanti 1910
The Bhagavad Gita spoken at Kurukshetra — Mokshada Ekadashi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:34
- Sunset17:09
- Fasting window (tithi)08:51 → 1910-12-13 · 06:15
- Parana (tithi ends)06:151910-12-13
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Gita Jayanti puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaGita Jayanti — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Gita Jayanti?
On the Shukla Ekadashi of Margashirsha, which is also Mokshada Ekadashi, usually in November–December. It marks the day the Bhagavad Gita was spoken at Kurukshetra. This year's date is shown above.
What is celebrated on Gita Jayanti?
The 'birth' of the Bhagavad Gita — the day Krishna spoke its seven hundred verses to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. It is the rare festival that celebrates a text and the entry of a teaching into the world.
How is Gita Jayanti observed?
By worshipping and reading the Gita — ideally all eighteen chapters — reflecting on its counsel, worshipping Krishna the charioteer, and keeping the Mokshada Ekadashi fast. Gifting the Gita (Gita-daan) is held especially meritorious.
What is Mokshada Ekadashi?
The Ekadashi that coincides with Gita Jayanti, 'the giver of moksha', kept as a Vishnu fast whose merit is said to liberate one's ancestors. The two observances share the same day.
Other major festivals in 1910
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1910
- Vasant Panchami — 14 February 1910
- Maha Shivaratri — 9 March 1910
- Holika Dahan — 25 March 1910
- Holi — 26 March 1910
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 10 April 1910
- Ram Navami — 17 April 1910
- Akshaya Tritiya — 11 May 1910
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 8 July 1910
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 1910
- Nag Panchami — 10 August 1910
- Raksha Bandhan — 20 August 1910
- Krishna Janmashtami — 27 August 1910
- Hartalika Teej — 6 September 1910
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 7 September 1910
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 1910
- Pitru Paksha begins — 20 September 1910
- Sharad Navratri begins — 4 October 1910
- Durga Ashtami — 12 October 1910
- Maha Navami — 13 October 1910
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 13 October 1910
- Karwa Chauth — 21 October 1910
- Dhanteras — 30 October 1910
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 31 October 1910
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 1 November 1910
- Govardhan Puja — 3 November 1910
- Bhai Dooj — 4 November 1910
- Chhath Puja — 8 November 1910
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 16 November 1910
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 16 November 1910
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