There are some festivals that arrive with fanfare, drums, colour, processions and chaos. And then there are the others, the ones that slip in like a prayer under your breath. Bahula Chaturthi belongs to that second kind. Celebrated on the Chaturthi of Krishna Paksha, Bahula Chaturthi is not really about what happens on the outside. It is about what is felt on the inside, especially by mothers, grandmothers, women who mother without names or roles, and women still waiting to become one. 

What makes Bahula Chaturthi so personal?

Maybe it is the story. The one that most of us only hear in fragments. About Nandini, the sacred cow, who begged a lion to let her return to her calf before death. The lion, they say, was Lord Krishna in disguise. Moved by her love, he granted her wish. Maybe it is because every mother, at some point, bargains with the universe in exactly the same way. Just one more night, one more meal, one more breath. Bahula Chaturthi is not just a day for vrat. It is a conversation between a mother and the universe. One where there is no demand, only quiet, deep asking.

Bahula Chaturthi 2025 Date and timings 

Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025

Chaturthi Tithi Begins: 12:25 pm, August 9

Chaturthi Tithi Ends: 1:38 pm, August 10

Since it falls on a Saturday, a day already soaked in karmic energy, the healing feels deeper this year. It’s more ancestral and more grounding.

The rituals are simple. The meaning is not

This is not a vrat of extravagance. There are no loud bhajans, no elaborate feasts. Instead:

• You fast from sunrise. No grains, no salt.

• You cook with coconut, jaggery, and cow’s milk: simple, sacred ingredients.

• You offer prayers to cows, either in real life or through an image.

• You feed the cow with your hands, or lay the food before her image with sincerity.

• You speak mantras softly, or not at all. Sometimes silence says the most.

Benefits of observing Bahula Chaturthi

Here is what this vrat quietly offers, beyond the rituals:

• Blessings for your children’s long life and well-being

• A calmer, clearer state of mind, like silence after a storm

• Healing for strained parent-child relationships

• Gentle support for women dealing with fertility issues or loss

• Removal of past-life or ancestral karmic blocks

• A deep sense of emotional grounding through cow worship

• A rare pause just for you to feel, to grieve, to hope without explaining

Why do women observe it?

Because sometimes love needs structure, grief needs ritual, and longing needs form. Some women fast for their children. Some fast for the ones they lost, some for the ones they are trying to have. And some keep the vrat for their inner child, the part of them that still seeks safety, still longs to be protected. This fast is not limited by biology; it’s driven by bhakti.

Bahula Chaturthi is a kind of time-travel. You light the diya that your grandmother once did. You stir milk in the pot your mother once used, and you whisper prayers in the same rhythm your great-grandmother once knew by heart. In some households, this fast is the only time the kitchen falls completely silent. No mixer, no gas flame roaring, just the sound of coconut grating, milk simmering, and memories settling like dust.

What if you can’t do everything?

Then don’t. Bahula Chaturthi is not a competition. It is more of a conversation. If you can’t fast the whole day, offer water. If you can’t find a cow, offer the food to a photo. If you can’t recite shlokas, speak from your heart. What matters is your devotion and intention. Bahula Chaturthi is not about what you do; it’s about what you feel while doing it. 

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