
Notes: All timings are represented in 12-hour notation in local time of Lancaster, United States with DST adjustment (if applicable).
Hours which are past midnight are suffixed with next day date. In Panchang day starts and ends with sunrise.
According to the Hindu Panchang, Saraswati Jayanti is celebrated on the Shukla Paksha Panchami Tithi of the Magha month. This festival is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, who is revered as one of the Dwadasha Siddhividya Goddesses in Hinduism. On this day, followers of the Shakta tradition worship Goddess Saraswati in Her Siddhividya form with devotion and reverence. The twelve Siddhividya Goddesses are described in Hindu scriptures as the most powerful and compassionate manifestations of the Goddess.
Goddess Saraswati is worshipped as the presiding deity of speech, learning, intellect, music, art and knowledge. By performing the Shri Saraswati Siddhividya Sadhana, the devotee attains eloquence, mastery of speech and profound wisdom. The Goddess awakens the consciousness of the seeker, granting powers of speech perfection, deep concentration and strong memory also known as Vak Siddhi, Dhyana Shakti and Smarana Shakti.
In the Rigveda, Yajurveda, and other sacred texts, Goddess Saraswati is described from the earliest times both as a divine river and as the embodiment of speech and wisdom. Therefore, the Saraswati Siddhividya represents not merely academic knowledge but the very essence of divine wisdom itself. Among the twelve Siddhividya Goddesses, She is the power that leads the seeker from the darkness of ignorance to the light of self-realization and liberation.
According to scriptural descriptions, the proper worship of Goddess Saraswati fills one's speech with sweetness, intellect with brilliance and heart with purity. Hence, Saraswati Siddhividya is called Vidya Shakti and Jnanamula Siddhi, being both the origin and culmination of all forms of learning.