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Bilva Nimantran 2026

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Bilva Nimantran
The evening rite on Mahashashthi when Durga is formally invited to descend into a bel tree — a Shiva tree borrowed for Devi worship. Performed in Sanyakal, the roughly 2-hour-24-minute window before sunset, it readies the branch that will be cut at dawn for Navapatrika Puja.
Bilva Nimantran 2026 falls on 16th October 2026.
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The ritual recalls Rama's Akal Bodhon — his out-of-season waking of Durga before the war with Ravana. Gods are said to sleep through Dakshinayana, so autumn worship needs a special summons. A priest places a water-filled kalash at the foot of a bel tree, sanctifies the tree, and performs three linked acts: Avahana (calling the goddess), Adhivas (settling her spirit into the tree), and finally Amantran (the invitation itself) — asking her to accept the Navapatrika worship next morning. Timing is exacting: Shashthi tithi must overlap with Sanyakal. If it doesn't, the rite slips back to Panchami evening, though Navapatrika Pravesh still waits for Saptami. The chosen branch is cut at dawn and joins eight other plants as the Navapatrika — known in Bengal as Kalabau, the goddess's leaf-form.
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