కార్తీక మాసం (కార్తీక సోమవారాలు & వనభోజనాలు) 2026
⏰ Auspicious Puja Muhurat & Panchangam
Detailed Daily Panchangam →🌇 Sunset: 5:41 PM
🌟 Significance & Spiritual Importance
Attainment of Shiva Sayujya and Vaikuntha loka, purification of soul, and universal harmony.
📜 Historical Background & Puranic Origins
Detailed across 30 chapters of the Karthika Purana in the Skanda and Padma Puranas.
🕉️ Traditional Puja Vidhi (Step-by-Step Procedure)
Perform the sacred observances with purity of mind, devotion, and alignment with traditional Vedic rituals.
Light cow ghee/til oil lamps facing East. Perform Achamanam and seek purification of body and mind.
Pray to Lord Ganesha to remove obstacles. Take akshatas and water to state place, time, gotram, and desire.
Consecrate pure water with mango leaves and coconut. Invoke the presiding deities with reverence.
Offer Asanam, Padhyam, Arghyam, Snanam (Panchamrita), Vastra, Yajnopaveetam, and Sandalwood paste.
Chant the Ashtottara Shatanamavali (108 names) offering fresh sacred flowers and bilva/tulasi leaves.
Offer pure guggulu incense, lamp darshanam, traditional prasadam offerings, fruits, and tambulam.
Perform lighted camphor aarti with bell ringing and chanting sacred Mangala harathi stotras.
Circumambulate three times clockwise, perform prostrations, and offer all fruits of the puja to the Divine.
Shiva Linga Abhishekam (శివ లింగాభిషేకం)
Follow the authentic traditional step-by-step procedure with audio chants, mantras, and mudras.
📦 Puja Samagri Checklist & Sacred Naivedyam
🌿 Required Puja Samagri Checklist:
🍲 Traditional Naivedyam (Prasadam):
📿 Associated Sacred Mantras & Stotras
Browse All Mantras →Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Shiva Panchakshara Stotram
⚖️ Vrat Rules, Do's & Don'ts
Abstinence from onions, garlic, non-veg, and tamasic habits throughout the month; strict fasting on Mondays and Ekadashi.
✅ Do’s (ఆచరించవలసినవి / क्या करें):
Daily evening deeparadhana, listen to Karthika Purana daily chapter, attend Vanabhojanam, perform Shiva Abhishekam.
❌ Don’ts (నిషేధించబడినవి / क्या न करें):
Strictly avoid tamasic foods, non-vegetarian meals, arrogance, and harming living beings.