Category: Spirituality

Jamai Shashthi 2026 — The Story of Maa Shashthi, the Cat, and the Wife Who Was Forgiven

On Saturday, June 20, 2026, Bengali households across Bharata will welcome their married daughters and sons-in-law home for the legendary jamai-aador feast and perform the Shashthi Vrata. But behind the warmth lies a story most Bengalis know by heart and most non-Bengalis have never heard — the wife who stole the hilsa, blamed the cat, lost six sons to Maa Shashthi’s wrath, and was finally forgiven. The Vrat Katha, the vidhi, the mantras, and the deeper teaching.

Vat Purnima 2026 — The Wife Who Argued Yama Into Returning Her Husband’s Life

On Monday, June 29, 2026, women across Maharashtra, Gujarat, and southern Bharata will tie red thread around banyan trees and hear the story of Savitri — the wife who walked behind Yamaraja Himself when He came for her husband, and out-argued the Lord of Dharma into returning Satyavan’s life. The Mahabharata’s Pativrata Mahatmya Parva, the vrat vidhi, and why the banyan witnessed everything.

Nija Jyeshtha 2026 — The Real Jyeshtha Begins, and the Calendar Resumes

With Adhik Maas now closed on the Somvati Amavasya of June 15, the long-postponed festivals of Jyeshtha return — Vat Purnima (June 29, the Savitri-Yamaraja katha), Jamai Shashthi (June 20, the Bengali festival of Maa Shashthi), Sankashti Chaturthi (June 28), Yogini Ekadashi (July 10), and Devshayani Ekadashi (July 16, opening the four-month Chaturmas of Bhagavan Vishnu’s yoga-nidra). A guide to what the next four weeks hold and what the household that kept Purushottam Maas now carries forward.

The Closing of Purushottam Maas 2026 — Adhik Amavasya and the Sealing of the Month-Long Vrat

On Monday, June 15, 2026 — a rare Somvati Amavasya — the intercalary month that bears Bhagavan Vishnu’s own name comes to its close. The Acharyas teach that a vrat is not measured by its duration but by its closing. Here are the Padma Purana’s instructions for sealing the month-long Purushottam Maas vrat: the morning snan, the closing puja with the Vishnu Sahasranama, the day of dana, the Somvati Amavasya gift, and the final sarva-arpana — the offering of all merit at the feet of the Lord.

Parama Ekadashi 2026 — The Other Rare Ekadashi of Purushottam Maas, and the Poor Brahmin Who Kept It

Two weeks ago, Vaishnavas across Bharata kept Padmini Ekadashi — the rare Shukla Paksha Ekadashi of Adhik Maas. Padmini has a twin. On Thursday, June 11, 2026, the Krishna Paksha Ekadashi of the same intercalary month appears: Parama — the Supreme Ekadashi. The Padma Purana names it the rarer and more secret of the two, and reserves it for those whose poverty or sorrow has refused to lift in spite of every other vrat already kept. The story of Sumedha and Pavitra of Kampilya, the rishi Kaundinya, the prince sent by Bhagavan Brahma — and the vidhi for the day.

Purushottam Maas — The Month No Deity Would Claim, and the Lord Who Made It Supreme

Every month of the Hindu calendar has a lord — except the rare thirteenth, the Adhika Maas, born an orphan and shunned as the “impure month.” The Puranas tell how this rejected month went in grief to Bhagavan Vishnu, who claimed it, gave it His own name — Purushottam — and made it the most fruitful month of all. The origin story, the teaching, and what it means for Purushottam Maas 2026 (May 17 – June 14).

Category: Spirituality

Jamai Shashthi 2026 — The Story of Maa Shashthi, the Cat, and the Wife Who Was Forgiven

Vat Purnima 2026 — The Wife Who Argued Yama Into Returning Her Husband’s Life

Nija Jyeshtha 2026 — The Real Jyeshtha Begins, and the Calendar Resumes

The Closing of Purushottam Maas 2026 — Adhik Amavasya and the Sealing of the Month-Long Vrat

Parama Ekadashi 2026 — The Other Rare Ekadashi of Purushottam Maas, and the Poor Brahmin Who Kept It

Purushottam Maas — The Month No Deity Would Claim, and the Lord Who Made It Supreme

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The Closing of Purushottam Maas 2026 — Adhik Amavasya and the Sealing of the Month-Long Vrat

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