Guru Purnima 2023 Date: Time, Tithi, Importance And Significance Of Guru Purnima

Guru Purnima 2023 Date: Time, Tithi, Importance And Significance Of Guru Purnima

Guru Purnima 2023 Date & Puja Timing: Guru Purnima is celebrated on a full moon day. As the name suggests, is celebrated in reverence of one’s Guru or Teacher. According to the Gregorian calendar, Guru Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Ashadha, which coincides with June or July.

Date and Time of Guru Purnima 2023

Guru Purnima, also known Vyasa Purnima festival falls on the first full moon day or Purnima right after the summer solstice, in the month of July. As per the Hindu Panchang, this day arrives in the Ashadha maas, and this year, it will fall on July 3rd, 2023.

Guru Purnima 2023 Tithi

Guru Purnima 2023: Date July 3, 2023
Guru Purnima Day: Monday
Guru Purnima Tithi Begins: 8:21 PM, July 2, 2023
Guru Purnima Tithi Ends: 5:08 PM, July 3, 2023

Guru Purnima 2023: Mantra

Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara.
Guru Saakshaat Parabrahma, Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णु र्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः, गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ||

Guru Purnima 2023: Significance Of Guru Purnima

Traditionally the festival is celebrated by Buddhists in honour of the Lord Buddha who gave his first sermon on this day at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh.

However, the followers of the Hindu religion celebrate Guru Purnima as the birth anniversary of Veda Vyasa. Guru Purnima is believed to be the day when Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa – author of Mahabharata was born to sage Parashara and Satyavati.

Hence the day is also called Vyasa Purnima. Sage Vyasa worked for the cause of Vedic studies by gathering all the Vedic hymns and further dividing into four parts based on rites and characteristics. The four parts are namely Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharva.

Guru Purnima 2023: Importance of Guru Purnima

On the day of Guru Purnima, devotees take a bath and offer prayers to their Gurus. Guru Purnima is celebrated all over the country. They recite this Shloka in remembrance of their Gurus.