रथ सप्तमी (सूर्य जयंती — अचला सप्तमी) 2026
⏰ Auspicious Puja Muhurat & Panchangam
Detailed Daily Panchangam →🌇 Sunset: 6:07 PM
🌟 Significance & Spiritual Importance
Vitality, optical wellness, longevity, and liberation from ancestral and physical illnesses.
📜 Historical Background & Puranic Origins
Sage Kashyapa and Aditi gave birth to Martanda (Surya) on this day; Sage Agastya taught the Aditya Hridaya Stotra.
🕉️ 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.
Surya Puja & Ratha Saptami Vidhi (సూర్య పూజ & రథసప్తమి)
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 →Surya Moola Mantra & Aditya Gayatri
Gayatri Maha Mantra
⚖️ Vrat Rules, Do's & Don'ts
Take sacred snana during Arunodaya period before sunrise, face the Sun and offer copper vessel water Arghya.
✅ Do’s (ఆచరించవలసినవి / क्या करें):
Place Jilledu leaves on head and shoulders while bathing, chant "Namah Suryaya", offer water to rising Sun.
❌ Don’ts (నిషేధించబడినవి / क्या न करें):
Do not take bath after sun rises high; avoid using cold tap water in enclosed indoors if possible.