Shitala satam festival is dedicated to Goddess Shitala.Shitala satam is observed in Shravan month's seventh day of vad paksh.On this day merried women observed vrat.They eat cold food hole day.Here is Shitala Satam Vrat Story in Gujarati.
This year shitala satam is celebrate on 15tn August 2025.
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat - 05:50 AM to 07:00 PM
Duration - 13 Hours 10 Mins
Sheetala Mata Puja
One day before Sheetla Saptami, take nine Kandwaras, one Kulhar, and one lamp.
On the day of Sheetla Saptami, wake up early in the morning and take a bath with cold water.
Fill a plate with Kandwaras. Keep some curd, rabri, rice, Puwa, Pakodas, salt pare, roti, sugar pare, soaked moth, millet, etc. whatever you have prepared in the Kandwara.
Keep Roli, rice, mehendi, kajal, turmeric,moli, clothes, and a coin on another plate.
Keep a pot filled with cold water.
Knead flour without salt with water and make a small lamp with this flour. Put a cotton wick in this lamp after dipping it in ghee.
This lamp is offered to Mata Ji without lighting it.
Wear clean and beautiful clothes for worship.
Apply turmeric tilak on the puja thali, on the Kandwaras, and all the members of the house. Apply tilak on yourself as well.
Pray to the mother with folded hands.
After this, go to the temple and worship. If Sheetla Mata is at home, then you can worship at home.
First of all, give a bath to the mother with water.
Apply tilak with Roli and turmeric.
Offer kajal, mehndi, Mauli, clothes.
Offer the worship material.
Offer a lamp made of flour without lighting it.
Worship the mother by singing aarti.
In the end, offer water again, and after the offering, put some of the water that flows in the pot. This water is holy. All the members of the house should apply it to their eyes. A little water should be sprinkled in every part of the house. This purifies the house and brings positive energy.
After coming home, worship the place where water is kept. Worship the pot. Give all the remaining material to a potter, a cow, and a Brahmin.
Today Shravan Vad Satam( 7th Day of Dark fortnight) our home celebration Shitala satam festival.We are gets up early morning.We are bath with cold water.Mostly married women observed this vrat.Today we not fire any gas stove or wooden stove.our family members meet pooja room where put goddess shitala ma pooja house.We prepare pooja dish.We doing shitala ma pooja with Ghee Divo, Milk,Chundari and kumkum.We also give a shrifal prasad.After pooja we heard a story of Goddess Shitala.Hole day we eat cold food making previous da randhan chath like Dhebra,Puri,Bhajiya ,Handvo and many more.
Here is some photographs of Celebrating Shitala satam.
Shitala Satam and Shitala Satam Vrat is Observed in Hindu holy month Shravan.Shravan month's seventh day of Vad Paksh(Dark fortnight) celebrated Shitala Satam.Shitala Satam is dedicated to Goddess Shitala.Shitala Satam is coming one day previous of Krishna Janmashtami.On the day main puja of Goddess Shitala.The most significant ritual, which is followed on the day of Shitala Satam, is that no fresh food is cooked in the family.Most Gujarati families prepare special food on the previous day which is popularly known as Randhan Chhath.Here is Shitala Satam Festival and Vrat puja timing and Shubh Muhurt of Year 2017 to 2022.
Shitala Satam Vrat Date of Year 2017: August 14 Monday , 2017
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat timing - 06:06 to 18:56
Duration - 12 Hours 49 Mins
Saptami Tithi Begins - 21:31 on 13th Augst 2017
Saptami Tithi Ends - 19:45 on 14th August 2017
Shitala Satam Vrat Date of Year 2018: September 2 Sunday , 2018
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat timing- 06:12 to 18:39
Duration - 12 Hours 27 Mins
Saptami Tithi Begins - 21:44 on 1st September 2018
Saptami Tithi Ends - 20:47 on 2nd September 2018
Shitala Satam Vrat Date of Year 2019: August 22 Thursday, 2019
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat timing - 07:06 to 18:50
Duration - 11 Hours 44 Mins
Saptami Tithi Begins - 07:06 on 22nd August 2019
Saptami Tithi Ends - 08:08 on 23rd August 2019
Shitala Satam Vrat Date of Year 2020: August 10 Monday, 2020
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat timing - 06:42 to 18:59
Duration - 12 Hours 16 Mins
Saptami Tithi Begins - 06:42 on 10th August 2020
Saptami Tithi Ends - 09:06 on 11th August 2020
Shitala Satam Vrat Date of Year 2021: August 29 Sunday, 2021
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat timing - 06:11 to 18:43
Duration - 12 Hours 31 Mins
Saptami Tithi Begins - 20:56 on 28th August 2021
Saptami Tithi Ends - 23:24 on 29th August 2021
Shitala Satam Vrat Date of Year 2022: August 18 Thursday, 2022
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat timing - 06:07 to 18:53
Duration - 12 Hours 45 Mins
Saptami Tithi Begins - 20:24 on 17th August 2022
Saptami Tithi Ends - 21:20 on 18th August 2022
Shitala Satam is popularly known as Shitala Shasti and is dedicated to Goddess Shitala. Shitala Satam is observed on Seventh day of Shravan month.This Year Shitala Satam Festival is observed on 24 August.
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat : 05:20 to 17:56
Duration : 12 Hours 36 Mins
Saptami Tithi Begins : 00:38 on 24/Aug/2016
Saptami Tithi Ends : 22:17 on 24/Aug/2016
Shitala Satam Vrat is Observed on Shitala Satam(Day of Seven) Day.Shitala Satam is popularly known as Shitala Shasti and is dedicated to Goddess Shitala the goddess of pox and measles. It is observed for the welfare of children and others and to escape from measles and small pox. Shitala Satam is observed in Shravan Month as per Gujarati calendar. Skanda Purana describes the iconography of Goddess Shitala Mata.On this day Shitalamata’s puja is performed after taking bath with cold water. One cold meal is eaten during the day.
It is written in the Skand Purana that donkey is the vehicle of Shitalamata. Shitalamata holds a broom in her one hand and a kalash (container with water) in her other hand. The one who observes the Shitala vrat bathes in a river or in a lake. There Shitaladevi’s image (Idol) is placed on the banks of river or lake. Shitaladevi is offered cooked food and ghee. On this day cold food is eaten; the food that was cooked the previous day (cooked on chhatthi or sixth day). For the vratdhari (one who observes this vrat), it is forbidden to eat warmed or hot food on this day.
Those who can afford it, can make golden image of Shitaladevi and together with the image of the vehicle (donkey) place the devi’s image on eight petalled lotus flower. Offer obeisance with joined palms saying ‘My pranam to Shitaladevi’ and make puja. In some places people offer raw flour and gor (molasses) as naivedya to the devi. It is customary to eat only one meal on Shitala Saptami day.
Shitala Satam Vrat is Observed on According to Gujarati Calendar month of Shravan vad Satam or Day of Seven. It is dedicated to Goddess Shitala.Here is Date of Shitala Satam Vrat year 2016 to 2021.
Shitala Shatam Vrat 2016 Date: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Shitala Shatam Vrat 2017Date: Monday 14th August 2017
Shitala Shatam Vrat 2018 Date: Sunday 2nd September 2018
Shitala Shatam Vrat 2019 Date: Thursday 22th August 2019
Shitala Shatam Vrat 2020 Date: Monday 10th August 2020
Shitala Shatam Vrat 2021 Date: Sunday 29th August 2021
About Shitala Satam Vrat
Shitala Satam Vrat is observed in Shravan month as per Gujarati calendar.Skanda Purana describes the iconography of Goddesh Shitala Mata.Shitala Satam Vrat Katha is maintioned in Bhavishyottara Purana.On this day Shitalamata’s puja is performed after taking bath with cold water. One cold meal is eaten during the day.
Shitala Satam, popularly known as Shitala Shasti, is dedicated to Goddes Shitla. the goddess of pox and measles. It is observed for the welfare of children and others and to escape from measles and small pox.
It is written in the Skand Purana that donkey is the vehicle of Shitalamata. Shitalamata holds a broom in her one hand and a kalash (container with water) in her other hand. The one who observes the Shitala vrat bathes in a river or in a lake. There Shitaladevi’s image (murti) is placed on the banks of river or lake. Shitaladevi is offered cooked food and ghee. On this day cold food is eaten; the food that was cooked the previous day (cooked on chhatthi or sixth day). For the vratdhari (one who observes this vrat), it is forbidden to eat warmed or hot food on this day.
Those who can afford it, can make golden image of Shitaladevi and together with the image of the vehicle (donkey) place the devi’s image on eight petalled lotus flower. Offer obeisance with joined palms saying ‘My pranam to Shitaladevi’ and make puja. In some places people offer raw flour and gor (molasses) as naivedya to the devi. It is customary to eat only one meal on Shitala Saptami day.
Shitala Satam Vratkatha(Story)
Mothers perform special pujas and offer prayers to Shitla Mata. There is a popular belief that with the blessings of Goddess Shitala, children and other will be protected from numerous contagious diseases like chicken pox etc. Food cooked on previous day is eaten on theShitala Satam day. The Vrat Katha is ..
In the olden days, Hastinapur was ruled by king Indralumna. His wife’s name was Pramila who was full of faith and devotion and was keen on performing religious ceremonies and rituals. They had a son, Mahadharma by name and their daughter’s name was Shubhakaari. She was given in marriage to prince Gunvaan, son of king Sumati who ruled Kaundinyanagar.
Prince Gunvaan lived up to his name. He was a virtuous prince. A year after the wedding, Gunvaan went to his in-laws to fetch his wife. The king (his wife’s father) asked his son-in-law to stay over because the next day was the day of Shitala Saptami vrat. The king invited a Brahmin and his wife for the ceremony of Shitala Saptami vrat. The king’s daughter Shubhakari mounted a chariot and with her female friends set out for the puja ceremony of Shitaladevi. The puja was to take place by some lake.
Unfortunately, they took a wrong turn and got lost. Leaving the chariot, they started walking on foot, and dispersed in different directions. Princess Shubhakari was overcome by fatigue and sat under a tree. She saw an elderly woman approaching her and asked her for directions.
“O girl, follow me and I will lead you to a lake” said the old woman and took them to a lake. The princess bathed in the lake and with devotion and faith, placed the image of Shitaladevi on a makeshift platform of stone. The old lady was herself Shitaladevi. She was well pleased. Placing her hand on the head of Princess Shubhakari she asked her to state her wish.
The princess said: “Mother, I shall surely ask when the need arises”.
Then the old lady (Shitaladevi) escorted the princess and her female friends to the lake where they were to meet the Brahmin and his wife. The Brahmin’s wife was heard crying aloud. Princess Subhakari went to her and saw that her husband was lying dead, apparently bitten by a snake.
Princess Shubhakari again bathed in the lake and concentrated her mind upon Shitaladevi and stated her wish: “Mother, please bring back to life this Brahmin”.
Bhagavati Shitaladevi was pleased and restored life to the Brahmin. Everybody was full of joy. They all performed Shitaladevi’s puja and returned home.
People of Hastinapur were filled with awe on hearing that the dead Brahmin was brought back to life. The citizens together with the parents of the princess made a murti of Shitaladevi and celebrated this day in the manner of a festival. After staying for a few more days, Princess Shubhakari went with Prince Gunvaan to her in-laws. There also, being impressed by Shitalamata, they developed faith and devotion. It is said that the children of those who are Shitala vratdhai (who observe this vrat) do not suffer from smallpox and that their wishes get fulfilled.
Shitala Satam Vrat Vidhi(Process)
The legend has been mentioned as the method of fasting Shitala Mata accordingly Shitala Shasthi by the day care parents should worship bath (Sheetla Shasti). This day should not take any hot thing. Shitala Mata's day fast from cold waters should shower. This day cool Food to eat. In many parts of north India called Basyorra .Basyorra so called because it remained in the day night stale food to eat throughout the day. Shitala Shashthi day people worship hearth oven but not burn. God made this day even at night is also offered as stale food offerings. This date Drbaje house, the windows and oven yogurt, rice and flour is made from the large overall offering.
