Vat Savitri Vrat 2025 | Date | Day | Significance | Legend

What is Vat savitri 

Vrat and when is it celebrated? 

By Intimate Viewpoint

Vat Savitri Vrat is an important Hindu festival observed by the married women. The festival is celebrated in the Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi day  (on the 4th day of the dark fortnight) of the Jyeshtha month in the lunar calendar and in the Gregorian calendar, it occurs in the month of May or June. 

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In 2025, Vat Savitri Vrat will be observed on the 26th of may i.e.Monday.

Muhurt and Tithi

The muhrat begins on the 26th of May (12:11 a.m.) and ends on the 27th of May (8:31) a.m. The Vrat or fast will be observed on the 26th of May i.e. Monday with the sunrise. 

The significance

The Vat Savitri Vrat is observed by the married woman to promote a long and healthy life for their husbands. The women keep a Nirjala fast on this day and worship The Banyan tree as it considered that the Tridev (Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh) reside on it. 

The Vrata is dedicated to the Banyan tree and Savitri Mata who is believed that fought with the god of death, Yamraj and brought back the life of her husband "Satyavan". women offer water to the Banyan tree and wound a thread around it because it is said that Savitri attained spiritual prowess through its shade when she got encounter with Yamraj. That is why women worship the Banyan Tree so that they can also protect the lives of their husbands and grant them long life. 

The Legend of Vat Savitri Vrat 

The Legend of Vat Savitri Vrat begins with the life of a very beautiful princess named Savitri. She was the daughter of king Ashwapati. She chose Satyavan as her life partner. He was the son of a blind king Dyumatsena. 

At that time, they were in exile and lived in a forest. When she wanted to marry Satyavan she was foretold that Satyavan would only leave for one year. But this thing could not change her decision and she got married with Satyavan. After one year, when she went to chop wood in the Jungle with her husband, he got unconscious and died. Yamraj, the god of death, appeared there to take away the soul of her husband. Seeing this, Savitri followed them and asked Yamraj to return her husband soul. Yamraj refused to do this and said that this is against the rule. She was still adamat and eventually succeed. 

Thus Savitri revived her husband by the power of her devotion and faith and became immortal forever in the Hindu  scriptures by the name of 'Sati Savitri' and started being worship as a goddess.