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Asha Dashami Vrat

Asha Dashami Vrat

Asha Dashami Vrat is a vrat, kept with a fast, worship and the reading of its katha.

CategoryVrat & Fasting

Significance & Spiritual Meaning

Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues

Significance & Spiritual Meaning

Asha Dashami Vrat is observed with a fast through the day and worship. The vrat katha is read, and the fast is broken after the evening puja.

Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues

A vrat is a vow of self-discipline. Keeping it with faith is believed to bring peace, protection and the fulfilment of wishes.

Key Rituals & Observance

Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices

  1. 1Step 1

    Make the sankalpa after the morning bath.

  2. 2Step 2

    Keep the fast as the vrat directs.

  3. 3Step 3

    Make the sankalpa and perform the puja with flowers, incense and a lamp.

  4. 4Step 4

    Read or hear the katha of the day.

  5. 5Step 5

    Break the fast after the puja and share the prasad.

Fasting & Parana Guidelines

✓Keep the fast from sunrise, with water, fruit or milk only if the fast is not strict.
✓Avoid grain, onion, garlic and salt in the strict form of the fast.
✓Break the fast at the time the vrat directs, after the worship.