- By Kashish Rai
- Sat, 13 Sep 2025 03:41 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Jitiya 2025 Date: Jivitputrika Vrat or Jitiya is a three-day Hindu festival celebrated during the seventh to ninth day or Navami of Krishna Paksh in the Ashwin month. It is primarily celebrated in the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, wherein mothers keep the Vrat for the long and good life of the child. The Vrat is a Nirjala fast, i.e., 24 hours without water and food. The festival symbolises powerful motherly affection, selfless prayers and worship for the protection of the child. This year, Jitiya Vrat will be observed on 14th September 2025.
Check out all the significant details about the date, shubh muhurat, vrat katha, significance and rituals of the Jivitputrika Vrat below:
Jitiya 2025 Date And Time
- Jitiya 2025 Date: 15th September 2025, Sunday
- Ashtami Tithi Begins: 05:04 AM, 14th September 2025
- Ashtami Tithi Ends: 03:06 AM, 15th September 2025
Jitiya 2025: Jivitputrika Vrat Shubh Muhurat
Below is the list of shubh muhurat timings on Jivitputrika Vrat according to the Choghadiya:
- Labh: 09:15 AM to 10:46 AM
- Amrit: 10:46 AM to 12:18 PM
- Shubh: 01:49 PM to 03:20 PM
Jitiya 2025: Jivitputrika Vrat Katha
A long time ago, a female eagle and a female fox lived by the Narmada River. They also wished to perform the puja and fast observed by women at the river. The eagle observed the fast wth utmost devotion and the fox was not in a position to control herself and ate. The cubs of the eagle, therefore, lived, and the cubs of the fox died a few days after birth.
There is also a legend regarding Jimutvahan, a benevolent ruler of the Gandharvas, who gave up his kingdom and lived in the woods taking care of his father. Once he happened to meet a snake family elderly woman whose sole child was given daily as an offering to Garuda. The brave-hearted Jimutvahan stepped in the stead of the son and confronted Garuda fearlessly. Pleased by this act of courage, Garuda decided not to kill the snake family any more and the mothers started keeping fast for their sons' long life.
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Jitiya Vrat is a three-day observance in which mothers undertake a fast, abstaining from both food and water to offer prayers for the well-being and long life of their offspring. (Image Source: Meta AI)
A third legend is associated with the Mahabharata, post the battle at Kurukshetra. Ashwatthama, in a display of cowardice, murdered the sons of all the Pandav brothers while they were asleep and attacked the unborn child in the womb of Uttara using the Brahmastra. The unborn child's life was saved by Lord Krishna, and he was known as Jivitputra, subsequently becoming King Parikshit. To mark the day of survival, mothers keep the Jivitputrika Vrat and pray for the health, safety and prosperity of their child.
Jitiya 2025: Jivitputrika Vrat Significance And Rituals
The Jivitputrika Vrat is observed in three phases, and it starts with Nahai-Khai during the seventh day of Krishna Paksh in the Ashwin month. The day sees mothers taking a bath prior to having any food, and the food consumed should strictly be vegetarian and prepared in ghee and pink salt. The ceremony paves the way for piety and discipline for the mothers to spiritually and mentally gear up for the coming fast.
The third and fourth sections are Paran and Khur Jitiya. Khur Jitiya is observed during the eighth day of Krishna Paksh, when the mothers keep a Nirjala fast for 24 hours without water and food and perform the Jivitputrika Puja. The Paran is then observed, ending the fast and a joyous feast following it, consisting of curry, rice, madua roti and noni saag. The fast is said to secure the children's good health and prosperity and protection for a lifetime.
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