Govardhan Puja & Annakut
22 Oct, 2025
Wednesday
Govardhan Puja & Annakut on 22-10-2025
Tithi Begin Time:
Shukla Paksha Pratipada: Oct 21 05:54 PM – Oct 22 08:17 PM
Tithi End Time:
Shukla Paksha Dwitiya: Oct 22 08:17 PM – Oct 23 10:47 PM
Nakshatra, Muhurat (Start Time):
Swati Nakshatra: Oct 21 10:58 PM – Oct 23 01:51 AM
Nakshatra, Muhurat (End Time):
Vishakha Nakshatra: Oct 23 01:51 AM – Oct 24 04:51 AM
About Govardhan Puja & Annakut 2025
When Govardhan Puja or Annakut Celebrates?
Govardhan Puja also known as “Annakut or Annakoot” means the food of mountains. Govardhan Puja is very famous in North India basically in UP, Bihar, Delhi along with other neighbouring countries. This puja comes just after the next day of Diwali. On the day, devotees are worship “Govardhan Hill” and prepare various types of sweet recipes made with dairy products like milk, paneer, cheese, khoya and ghee which are totally veg means “Satvik” and offer a large variety of vegetarian foods to Lord Krishna as well as Govardhan Hill.
The Significance of Govardhan Puja
This day is very important for them who are worshipping Lord Kirshna. This puja is basically for Lord Krishna when he protects the Brajvashi . As per “Bhagavata Mahapurana”, Lord Krishna lifted the Govardhan Hill for 7-8 days to protect the villagers in Vrindavan as shelter from storm, heavy rains, and unlimited thunders attacked as well as lightening which was scaring by Lord Indra. People of Vrindavan was in panic and through continuous rain and thunder. But Lord Krishna had broken Indra's pride.
Govardhan Hill Protect the Devotees
Since those days, people worship Govardhan Hill to protect the devotees. Devotees offer foods, flowers, they do puja of the Govardhan Hill as well as Lord Vashudev.
This is very low-level hills not so high situated in the Mathura and Vrindavan area. But people make a hill like in the cow dung to worship Govardhan Hill. People worship this hill and they do Parikrama around the Govardhan Hill by walking. After that, offer flowers, Dhoop, Deep, Naivedyas, Arti, Dakshina, Pradakshina and so on. After the pujan, devotes also chant “Om Name Bhagwate Vasudevaya” called Sri Hari mantra, perform “Pradakshina” around Shri Krishna followed by Krishna Aarti.
After finishing the pooja, devotees share Naivedya as prasad in the neighbours and home. This day is very important especially for the devotees of Govardhan Hill and Vaishnav people.
