Sita Navami 2025

Sita Navami is celebrated every year on the Navami Tithi of Shukla Paksha of the month of Vaishakh. This festival is celebrated as the birthday of Mata Sita, who according to mythology was born on Vaishakh Shukla Navami. This day is also known as Janaki Navami and has special significance in Hinduism.

The significance of Sita Navami is to attain happiness, prosperity and unbroken good fortune in married life. Fasting on this day increases love and affection between husband and wife, and the wish of having a child is also fulfilled. This fast is considered extremely auspicious for all married women.

• Sita Navami on Monday, May 5, 2025
• Sita Navami Madhyahna Muhurat - 10:58 AM to 01:38 PM
• Duration - 02 Hours 40 Mins
• Rama Navami on Sunday, April 6, 2025
• Sita Navami Madhyahna Moment - 12:18 PM
• Navami Tithi Begins - 07:35 AM on May 05, 2025
• Navami Tithi Ends - 08:38 AM on May 06, 2025

Sita Navami is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth anniversary of Goddess Sita, the divine wife of Lord Rama. It is observed on the ninth day (Navami) of the Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of the moon) in the month of Vaishakha, according to the Hindu calendar. This day usually falls in April or May.

Goddess Sita is believed to have been born from the earth when King Janaka was ploughing the field. Hence, she is also known as Bhoomiputri (daughter of the Earth). Sita Navami is also called Janaki Navami in many parts of India.

Devotees observe fasts, visit temples, and perform special prayers in honor of Goddess Sita. Temples dedicated to Lord Rama and Sita are decorated, and stories from the Ramayana are recited to remember her character of purity, devotion, courage, and sacrifice.

Women especially pray for a happy married life and the well-being of their families. The festival holds special importance in places like Mithila (Bihar), Ayodhya, and other regions connected with the Ramayana.

1. On this day, married women worship Goddess Sita and pray for a happy, stable and loving married life. This fast strengthens marital relations.

2. Goddess Sita showed through her decisions and life that women can also be self-dependent, courageous and decisive. It gives the message to women to recognize their self-confidence and empower it.

3. Sita Navami is celebrated as the birthday of Goddess Sita. She is considered to be the incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi. Her life shows ideal womanhood, purity and sacrifice. This day is dedicated to pay tribute to her divinity and virtues

Celebrate this day to empower women and celebrate their sacrifices for their family as Mata Sita did. She left her luxurious life and lived in forest, hence observe this fast to worship the idol of sacrifice.

The festival of Sita Navami is celebrated every year on the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Vaishakh. It is said that Mata Sita was born on this day; hence, it is also called Janaki Navami. This day is too auspicious for a girl.

No mythological book has any information regarding Mata Sita birth but they mentioned she was found in the field of Mithila.

Mithila was a prosperous kingdom near Nepal. It was ruled by King Janak. King Janak was a very wise and religious king. Once, there was no rain in his kingdom for many years. The fields dried up, and people were upset. He worshipped many gods but nothing worked. His subject was struggling to produce even one time of food to sustain their family. After trying a lot of remedies, a saint suggested to King Janak that if he plowed the fields himself, Mother Earth would be happy, and it would rain.

When King Janak was plowing the field with his plow, the tip of the plow hit a mysterious box in one place. There, he saw a cute little girl in a golden vessel. The girl was very beautiful, and her face was radiant. King Janak considered her the boon from the earth. He didn't have a child so he adopted her.

King Janak raised Sita like his daughter. He taught Sita everything, from sanskar, dharma, humanity to art of war. When Sita grew up, King Janak held a swayamvara for her. He said, “The warrior who breaks the bow of Lord Shiva will be able to marry Sita.”

This part of the Ramayana is very famous. Lord Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, broke that bow. Sita and Rama got married that day. After this, the life of Rama and Sita was full of ups and downs. Exile, the Abduction of Sita by Ravana, and War of Lanka, all these are important parts of Ramayana.

On this day, people perform special prayers. Women observe fasts and pray to Maa Sita for the well-being of their families. Worshipping Sita Mata and Ram Ji on this day brings happiness and peace in married life.

Sita Mata's life tells us how to live with patience and respect even in difficult times.