# Jitiya Parva 2026: Date and Rituals

> Jitiya, or Jivitputrika Vrat, is the fast mothers keep for the long life of their sons.

Source: https://www.hinducalendar.today/festivals/jitiya-parva

## Significance & Spiritual Meaning

Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues

Significance & Spiritual Meaning

Jitiya, or Jivitputrika Vrat, is the fast mothers keep for the long life of their sons.

Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues

It is kept in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal on Ashwina Krishna Ashtami, with a strict fast of two days, and with the story of King Jimutavahana.

## Key Rituals & Observance

Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices

1. 1 Step 1 A fast without water through the day.
2. 2 Step 2 Worship of Jimutavahana and the vrat katha.
3. 3 Step 3 The fast is broken on the next day.

## 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.