📅 December 5, 2025 – Rohini Vrat
Date: Friday, 5 December 2025
Tithi: Margashirsha, Shukla Purnima / Pausha, Krishna Pratipada (North)
Day: Friday
December 5, 2025, marks the observance of Rohini Vrat, celebrated to honor the Rohini Nakshatra, which is considered highly auspicious in Hindu astrology. This day is especially significant for devotees seeking blessings for prosperity, mental peace, and family well-being. Rohini Nakshatra is also associated with Lord Krishna, making this vrat spiritually potent.
🔹 Significance of Rohini Vrat
- Rohini Nakshatra is believed to bring wealth, abundance, and emotional stability.
- Observing this vrat strengthens spiritual devotion, mental clarity, and family harmony.
- It is considered highly beneficial for those performing astrological remedies, especially for Moon-related doshas.
🔹 How to Observe Rohini Vrat
- Fasting: Devotees fast for the day, consuming fruits, milk, or a light sattvic diet. Some may observe a nirjala (waterless) fast.
- Puja: Worship Lord Vishnu and Chandra Dev. Place flowers, Tulsi leaves, and white rice on the altar.
- Chanting & Meditation: Recite Vishnu Sahasranama, “Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya,” and Rohini mantras. Meditate to align with divine energies.
- Charity: Donate essentials, food, or clothes to the needy for spiritual merit.
- Breaking the Fast: End the vrat after evening puja with light meals.
🔹 Benefits of Rohini Vrat
- Brings mental peace and prosperity.
- Protects from malefic planetary effects.
- Enhances spiritual growth and devotion.
- Strengthens family harmony and relationships.
📅 December 5, 2025 – Ishti
Date: Friday, 5 December 2025
Tithi: Pausha, Krishna Pratipada
Day: Friday
Ishti is a Vedic ritual performed to invoke blessings for prosperity, spiritual merit, and ancestral peace. It involves offering oblations to deities, ancestors (Pitru), and nature elements through fire sacrifices. On December 5, 2025, Ishti is performed in conjunction with Rohini Vrat by some communities to maximize spiritual benefits.
🔹 Significance of Ishti
- Offers gratitude to ancestors and deities.
- Helps remove past karmic debts.
- Brings material and spiritual benefits to the family.
🔹 How Ishti is Performed
- Setting Up the Fire Altar (Homa Kund): A sacred fire is prepared with proper mantras.
- Oblations: Offer ghee, grains, sesame seeds, and herbs into the fire while chanting Vedic mantras.
- Meditation & Prayer: Devotees focus on devotion, reciting prayers for ancestors, gods, and cosmic energies.
- Distribution of Prasad: The blessed offerings are shared among family members or given to the needy.
🔹 Benefits of Ishti
- Fulfills spiritual and worldly desires.
- Ensures peaceful and harmonious family life.
- Strengthens ancestral connection and removes obstacles.
December 5, 2025, marks Rohini Vrat and Ishti, sacred observances for prosperity, mental peace, and spiritual growth. Learn the rituals, fasting tips, significance, and benefits of these auspicious Vedic practices.
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