Chaturmas 2023 dates – How to do or observe Chaturmas Vrat? - Importance of Four Holy Hindu Months of Chaturmas
Chaturmas Vrat, or Chatur Masam or Chaturmasya or Chatur Maas Vrat, is observed for a period of four months and it begins from the day after Deva Sayana Ekadasi in Ashada month and ends on Utthana Ekadasi in Kartik Month. Chaturmas 2023 dates are from June 30 and ends on November 23. It is of great importance to many Hindu communities. The months are dedicated to prayers, rituals and worships and therefore marriages, griha pravesh and other similar functions are not observed. Chaturmas is ignored in Kerala and to a certain extent in Tamil Nadu. Chaturmas begins on the Ekadasi day in Shukla Paksha in the month of Ashada and ends on the Ekadasi in the Shukla Paksha in the month of Kartik. The Four Holy Hindu Months of Chaturmas The four months are: Shravan Bhadrapada Ashwin Karthik It is believed that celestial beings and saints do not move around in the universe. They stay stationed at one place and perform Tapas and intense austerities. There is popular belief th