Vat Savitri Vrat 2022
Married women circle the banyan for their husbands' long life, on Jyeshtha Amavasya.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:08
- Sunset18:43
- Fasting window (tithi)2022-05-29 · 14:59 → 17:03
- Parana (tithi ends)17:03
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 2022
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2022
- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 2022
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 2022
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 2022
- Holi — 19 March 2022
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 2022
- Ram Navami — 10 April 2022
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 2022
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 1 July 2022
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 2022
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 2022
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 2022
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 2022
- Hartalika Teej — 30 August 2022
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 31 August 2022
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 2022
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 2022
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 2022
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 2022
- Maha Navami — 4 October 2022
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 2022
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 2022
- Dhanteras — 22 October 2022
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 24 October 2022
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 2022
- Govardhan Puja — 26 October 2022
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 2022
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 2022
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 8 November 2022
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 8 November 2022
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