Vat Savitri Vrat 1999
Married women circle the banyan for their husbands' long life, on Jyeshtha Amavasya.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:49
- Fasting window (tithi)04:20 → 1999-06-14 · 00:35
- Parana (tithi ends)00:351999-06-14
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 Vat Savitri Vrat puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaVat Savitri Vrat — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Vat Savitri Vrat kept?
In North India on the Amavasya of Jyeshtha; in Maharashtra, Gujarat and parts of the south on the Purnima a fortnight later (Vat Purnima). Both honour the same Savitri story; the date shown above is for this year.
Why is the banyan tree worshipped?
The banyan is long-lived and self-renewing — dropping aerial roots to spread indefinitely. It is Savitri's tree, under which she kept vigil, and its endurance is the blessing sought for the marriage.
What is the thread wound around the tree for?
The raw cotton thread wound seven or 108 times while circling the trunk ties the wish to the tree — a prayer that the bond of marriage hold as the banyan holds, unbroken and enduring.
Other major festivals in 1999
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1999
- Vasant Panchami — 22 January 1999
- Maha Shivaratri — 14 February 1999
- Holika Dahan — 1 March 1999
- Holi — 3 March 1999
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 18 March 1999
- Ram Navami — 25 March 1999
- Akshaya Tritiya — 18 April 1999
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 14 July 1999
- Guru Purnima — 28 July 1999
- Nag Panchami — 16 August 1999
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 1999
- Krishna Janmashtami — 2 September 1999
- Hartalika Teej — 12 September 1999
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 13 September 1999
- Anant Chaturdashi — 24 September 1999
- Pitru Paksha begins — 26 September 1999
- Sharad Navratri begins — 10 October 1999
- Durga Ashtami — 18 October 1999
- Maha Navami — 19 October 1999
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 19 October 1999
- Karwa Chauth — 27 October 1999
- Dhanteras — 5 November 1999
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 1999
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 7 November 1999
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 1999
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 1999
- Chhath Puja — 14 November 1999
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 23 November 1999
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 23 November 1999
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