Fasts have been an integral a part of all non secular festivals. Hindu mythology has typically portrayed that fasting on particular days bestows glory, success, and happiness on the person enterprise the quick. Fasting is taken into account to be an auspicious and integral a part of expressing one’s devotion to God. In accordance with Hindu mythology, when an individual observes a quick, they take a vow or Sankalp and this is called vrat. The vow or Sankalp expresses their deep devotion to the Omnipresent. The Hindu fasts are sometimes noticed by chanting mantras and hymns in reward of God. Many of the fasts are noticed by ladies, for the nice well being and prosperity of their husbands and household.
Kokila vrat is one such quick that’s noticed by Hindu ladies, on the Purnima day of Ashadha month. This quick is devoted to Goddess Sati and Lord Shiva. Kokila vrat is noticed from Ashadha Shukla Purnima until Shravan Shukla Purnima. This vrat is especially noticed in Northern India and a few components of western and southern India, by each married ladies and single ladies. Married ladies observe the quick for the lengthy lifetime of their husbands and are believed to be blessed as Akhanda Saubhagyavati, making certain that they by no means lose their husbands to loss of life. Single women observe this quick to realize a worthy and virtuous husband. Devotees observing the Kokila vrat are bestowed with prosperity, fortune, well being, virtuous offsprings, and wealth and go to the abode of Goddess Parvati after their loss of life.
When is Kokila Vrat in 2025?
Kokila Vrat 2025 will probably be noticed on 10 July 2025 (Thursday). The timings are as follows:
Purnima Tithi Begins at 01:36 AM on July 10, 2025.
Purnima Tithi ends at 02:06 AM on July 11, 2025.
Kokila Vrat Puja Muhurat Timings: 06:40 PM to 08:54 PM
Period: 02 Hours 14 Minutes.f
Kokila Vrat Puja Rituals and Traditions
In accordance with Hindu mythology, worship isn’t just restricted to deities and idols but in addition contains worshipping birds, timber and animals. Particularly, worshipping the cow is taken into account to be sacred as we consider that all the universe, together with the three realms, resides in her. Throughout Kokila vrat, worshipping the Kokila chicken and the cow is taken into account to be sacred. The rituals which can be adopted whereas observing this quick are the identical as some other quick beneath the Indian Ladies observing the Kokila vrat ought to get up within the Brahmamuhurtha, i.e. earlier than dawn and after finishing their routine duties, ought to bathe in a mix of amla (Indian gooseberry) pulp and water. Performing Ganga snan or enterprise pilgrimages that embrace bathing in holy waters can be thought of to be sacred. After bathing, carry out aaradhya to the Solar by utilizing a thick chickpea flour paste after which provide the primary bread of the day to a cow. The Kokila vrat rituals are carried out for the subsequent eight to 10 days.
Following this, an idol of the cuckoo chicken or kokila is worshipped for the subsequent eight days utilizing turmeric, sandalwood roli, rice and Gangajal. The cuckoo chicken represents Goddess Parvati right here. Each Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati or Sati are worshipped throughout Kokila vrat. Place an idol or an image of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi on the puja pedestal. Shivling Abhishek have to be carried out utilizing the Panchamrit, following which Gangajal have to be provided to the lord. The idols are worshipped with white and crimson flowers, belpatra, durva, gandha, incense sticks and deep. A Sankalp is then taken to quick all the day and spend the day in devotion to the Lord. As soon as the morning puja rituals are accomplished, the devotee ought to spend all the day till sundown in fasting and chanting mantras and japas. Within the night, after performing the Aarti puja and reciting the Kokila vrat katha, and if potential seeing a cuckoo chicken, the quick is concluded with the consumption of fruits.
The devotee should observe celibacy and keep a peaceful demeanor, with out indulging in any detrimental or malicious ideas for anybody, throughout all the vrat interval
The Kokila vrat have to be noticed correctly by following all guidelines and rituals with utmost devotion as this ensures that the devotee can harness the auspicious blessings from the quick fully. Whereas the Kokila quick is noticed on the total moon day, it begins a day upfront, like all different fasts, with the devotee consuming a one-time meal.
Hindus think about the Kokila vrat of particular significance as this quick bestows the married with marital happiness and ensures an early marriage with an appropriate groom for younger, single women. Simply because the Teej quick bestows lengthy life on the husbands, Kokila vrat blesses the younger women with a worthy life companion. Observing the quick strictly, as per the rituals, ensures that each one the needs of the devotees are fulfilled.
The Kokila Vrat Katha
The Kokila vrat story is described intimately within the Shiva Purana and narrates the story of Lord Shiva and Goddess Sati. The story goes as such:
Goddess Sati was the daughter of King Daksha. Whereas King Daksha hated Lord Shiva, Goddess Sati was a robust devotee of Lord Shiva. She undertook a protracted and rigorous penance looking for Lord Shiva as her life companion and her want was granted because of her dedication, and he or she married Lord Shiva. This angered King Daksha and he distanced himself from Goddess Sati, disadvantaged her of all rights, and expelled her from his house and household.
As soon as King Daksha carried out a grand yajna. He invited everybody together with Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and all the opposite Devas and Goddesses; nevertheless, he didn’t invite Goddess Sati and Lord Shiva. Goddess Sati got here to know concerning the yajna and was damage by the data that she was not invited by her personal father. She expressed a want to attend the yajna and requested permission from her husband, Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva suggested her towards attending the yajna stating that it could not be proper to go uninvited to the yajna even when it was carried out in her father’s house. Goddess Sati being cussed didn’t heed Lord Shiva’s recommendation and reached King Daksha’s palace.
As an alternative of feeling pleased, King Daksha insulted Goddess Sati and Lord Shiva. Unable to bear the insult to her husband, Goddess Sati, in her anger, jumped into the holy fireplace of the yajna, sacrificing her physique. When Lord Shiva was knowledgeable of Goddess Sati’s sacrifice, he was angered and, in his rage, he destroyed the Daksha yajna and killed King Daksha. He additionally cursed that Goddess Sati will reincarnate as a cuckoo chicken and reside within the Nandan forest for hundreds of years. This story gave the identify of Kokila vrat to this quick. In her reincarnation as a cuckoo chicken, Goddess Sati noticed deep penance, for hundreds of years, and as soon as once more married Lord Shiva, who was her worthy husband.
The importance and beliefs of Kokila Vrat and its affiliation with traditions
It’s believed that girls observing the Kokila quick are bestowed with all happiness in life and are blessed with a novel energy inside themselves that evokes them to maintain their household close-knit, pleased and affluent. This quick makes the devotees able to enduring each type of hardship and allows them to maneuver forward of their life efficiently. The Kokila vrat additionally enhances a girl’s persona and wonder as they bathe with herbs throughout this vrat.
Ladies observing the Kokila vrat observe a particular bathing ritual by making use of Amla paste on their whole physique earlier than bathing, for the primary eight days. After this, they need to bathe utilizing medicinal herbs comparable to Koot, Jatmasi, uncooked and dry turmeric, Mura, Shilajit, Sandalwood, Vach, Champak and Nagarmotha, for an additional eight days. As soon as that is performed, they need to bathe utilizing herbs for an additional eight days. Lastly, for the final six days, sesame seeds, amla and all medicinal herbs are used whereas bathing. It’s equally essential to worship the cuckoo chicken after having their bathtub. On the concluding day of the quick, the cuckoo chicken needs to be beautified and donated to a Brahmin or the mother-in-law and father-in-law.
Kokila vrat can be related to folklife and tradition, particularly within the rural areas the place the folklores carry out the mythological significance of this quick. Every sect acknowledges the invaluable qualities of nature and performs totally different types of non secular and religious rituals to precise their concord with nature’s bounty. Kokila vrat, likewise, displays the Indian traditions and our love for nature together with animals, birds, timber, and crops as we worship their bounty and blessings.
