Aries Sankranti | Importance, Puja Vidhi And Auspicious Results

Mesha Sankranti is the holy occasion when the Sun God leaves Pisces and enters Aries. This day is also considered the starting festival of Hindu New Year (Vaisakh month) and is celebrated with great enthusiasm in different parts of India. Especially in North India, it is also celebrated as Baisakhi.

Importance of Mesha Sankranti

• Worshiping the Sun God on this day brings progress, wealth and health in life.
• This is the festival of new harvest and prosperity for the agricultural society.
• Ganga bath, charity and worship have special importance on Mesha Sankranti.
• This is considered an auspicious time for liberation from ancestral debt and spiritual peace.

Mesha Sankranti Puja Vidhi

• Take a bath in the Ganges or holy river in the morning.
• Offer Arghya to the Sun God and chant Gayatri Mantra.
• Worship Lord Surya by wearing red clothes.
• Donate wheat, jaggery, sesame and grains.
• Donating food and clothes to the needy is considered extremely fruitful.

Auspicious results of Aries Sankranti

• Surya Puja increases self-confidence and leadership skills.
• Success is achieved in business and job.
• Happiness, peace and prosperity come in the family.
• Relief is obtained from mental stress and diseases.