Date of Janmashtami 2025 in Mathura-Vrindavan: According to religious texts, Lord Vishnu took many incarnations to protect religion, Shri Krishna was also one of them. Lord Shri Krishna was born on the Ashtami date of the Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month. Every year Janmashtami festival is celebrated all over the country on this date. It is also called Gokulashtami. Mathura and Vrindavan are the most popular of this festival. Janmashtami festival celebrated here is very special. Due to the differences of dates many times, Janmashtami festival is celebrated a day before. Learn further when Janmashtami will be celebrated in Mathura-Vrindavan in the year 2025…

How long will the Ashtami date last?

According to the Panchang, this time the Ashtami date of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month will start from August 15, Friday night from 11:00 pm, which will be 09 to 34 minutes on August 16, Saturday night. Since the sunrise of Ashtami Tithi will be on the morning of August 16, this day this festival will be celebrated with enthusiasm and devotion in the whole country including Mathura-Vrindavan. On this day, 4 auspicious yoga named Dhruv, Dhwaja and Srivats will remain throughout the day.

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Why the importance of Janmashtami in Mathura-Vrindavan?

According to religious texts, Lord Krishna was born in Mathura and spent most of his childhood time in Vrindavan, hence Janmashtami festival is very specially celebrated in both these places. There are many ancient temples of Shri Krishna here. The Bankebihari temple is the most famous among them. Also, there are many places here which belong to Lord Krishna directly.

Why is Mangala Aarti performed in Banke Bihari temple on Janmashtami?

Bake Bihari Temple of Mathura is the most special among the major temples of Lord Krishna. It is believed that Lord Krishna, who was happy with the penance of Swami Haridas, appeared in the form of Banke Bihari. There is no Mangala Aarti of Lord Krishna throughout the year, only on Janmashtami. There is a belief behind this that even today Lord Krishna creates rasa with Radha Rani and Gopis at night. Therefore, they sleep till late in the morning, due to this belief, their Mangala Aarti is not performed in the morning. There is a tradition of performing Mangala Aarti of Lord Banke Bihari only on the occasion of Janmashtami. Devotees from far and wide come here to see this tradition.

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