# Geeta Dinam 2026: Date, Rituals and Significance

> Gita Jayanti is the day Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna at Kurukshetra, on Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi.

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## Significance & Spiritual Meaning

Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues

Significance & Spiritual Meaning

Gita Jayanti is the day Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna at Kurukshetra, on Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi.

Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues

The Gita is the teaching of 700 verses on duty, devotion and knowledge. It is read and recited on this day, above all at Kurukshetra.

## Key Rituals & Observance

Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices

1. 1 Step 1 Recitation of the Bhagavad Gita, in part or whole.
2. 2 Step 2 Talks on its teaching and a fast by some.
3. 3 Step 3 Worship of Lord Krishna.

## Sacred Deity & Powerful Mantras

Lord Krishna • Vedic and Puranic chants for peace and blessings

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#### Lord Krishna · Mantra

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Meaning

Salutations to Lord Krishna.

108 Japa Sacred Mantra

## 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.