Nag Panchami 2022: Know date, history, puja timings and how is it celebrated in India

Nag Panchami has been a part of Hinduism since its inception, and the festival of Nag Panchami celebrates this tradition. The festival of Nag Panchami is observed on the fifth day of the lunar fortnight in the month of Sravana. Know history and other details.

Nag Panchami has been a part of Hinduism since its inception, and the festival of Nag Panchami celebrates this tradition. The festival of Nag Panchami is observed on the fifth day of the lunar fortnight in the month of Sravana.

Know its history

According to mythology, while Krishna was still a little kid playing by the Yamuna River, his ball became tangled up in the branches of a tree that was close to the river's banks. When Krishna slipped into the river while attempting to retrieve the ball, a snake named Kaliya attacked him.
The snake fought well and proved that he was no ordinary juvenile, pleading with Krishna not to kill it. The fifth day following Ashwini, which signifies the end of the serpent's reign of terror, is designated as Nag Panchmi to honour Krishna's victory over Kaliya, the most poisonous snake.

Important timings

Nag Panchami Date: 2nd August, 2022
Nag Panchami Tithi Begins: 2nd August, 2022 - 05:13 AM
Nag Panchami Tithi Ends: 3rd August, 2022 - 05:41 AM
Nag Panchami Puja Muhurat: 2nd August, 2022 - 05:43 AM to 08:25 AM

How is it celebrated

In Maharashtra, the event is marked by visiting door to door asking for donations of clothing and money while carrying a hibernating cobra on a platter. In Kerala, believers worship a stone or metal snake statue in order to prevent snakebite attacks on themselves and their family all year long. Along with cow's milk, fried paddy, rice, and durva (a special grass's tip), they also make and worship snake statues made of mud and sand.

Worshippers refrain from digging in the ground on this day because some people believe that snakes remember the faces of those who harmed them and retaliate by harming the entire family. Young women pray, feed milk to snakes, and implore God to send them a good spouse.