*Radha Ashtami auspicious time*
Radha Ashtami Tithi will start from 3:10 pm on 13th September, which will end at 1:9 pm on 14th September.
*Radha Ashtami Significance*
Like Janmashtami, Radha Ashtami has special significance. It is said that fasting on Radha Ashtami destroys all sins. On this day married women keep a fast for the happiness of children and for the attainment of unbroken good fortune. According to mythology, Lord Krishna is automatically pleased by those who please Radha. It is said that by observing the fast, Goddess Lakshmi comes to the house and wishes are fulfilled.
*Worship method of Radha Ashtami fast*
-Retire from bathing in the morning.
After this, make a circle under the mandap and install a clay or copper urn in its central part.
Keep a copper vessel on the Kalash.
Now install a gold (if possible) idol of Radhaji decorated with clothes and ornaments on this pot.
After that worship Radhaji with Shodashopachar.
Keep in mind that the time of worship should be exactly midday.
After worship, observe complete fasting or take one meal at a time.
On the second day, according to the reverence, feed the married women and Brahmins and give them Dakshina.
Like other fasts, on this day also, after getting up early in the morning before sunrise, after retiring from bathing activities, worship of Shri Radha ji should be done. On this day, in Shri Radha-Krishna temple, one should praise Shri Radhaji with flag, wreath, clothes, flag, tornado and various types of sweets and fruits.
Decorate the mandap in the temple with five colors, make a lotus instrument in the shape of a shedasha party, in the middle of that lotus, place the idol of Shri Radha-Krishna on the divine seat facing west. Sing the praises of God with devotion, taking the material of worship according to your ability along with brothers and sisters.
Spend time in haricharcha during the day and chanting the name at night. Eat fruit once. Light a lamp in the temple.
*Benefits of Sriradhashtami fast*
Shri Radha-Krishna whose presiding deity is there, they must observe Radhashtami fast because this fast is the best. Shri Radhaji is omnipotent and opulent. Lakshmiji always resides in the house of his devotees. Those devotees who observe this fast, where all the wishes of those seekers are fulfilled, a person gets all the happiness. On this day every wish asked from Radhaji is fulfilled.
The person who remembers and chants the mantra in the name of Shri Radhaji becomes a charitable person. Arthaarthi gets wealth, Moksharthi gets salvation. The worship of Shri Krishna ji remains incomplete without the worship of Radhaji.
*Mantras of Radha Rani*
Tapta-Kanchan Gaurangi Shri Radhe Vrindavaneshwari
Vrishabhanu Sute Devi Pranamami Haripriya
Om Sri Radhikayai Namah.
Om Sri Radhikayai Vidmahe Gandharvikayai Vidhimahi Tanno Radha Prachodayat.
Shri Radha Vijayate Namah, Shri RadhaKrishnaya Namah:
Jaijay Shree Radhekrishna
