Govardhan Puja 2024: Date, Pooja Timings, and Shubh Muhurat across different USA Time Zones (ET, CT, MT, PT)

A day after Diwali, Govardhan Puja is celebrated across the country to commemorate the day when Lord Krishna lifted the Govardhan Parvat on his little finger to protect people of Vrindavan from floods and rains. The festival is also known as Annakoot and falls during the Pratipada tithi of Kartik month. This year it is being observed on Saturday, November 2, 2024. On this day, people wake up early in the morning to take bath, make a hillock of cow dung and clay and worship it. Bhog is offered to the hill as people seek blessings of Lord Krishna for health, happiness and prosperity.
The legend goes that people of Vrindavan worshipped Lord Indra, the god of rain, and performed elaborate rituals to appease him. Lord Krishna, however, encouraged them to worship Govardhan Parvat, the sacred hill that provided food and shelter for their cattle. This angered Lord Indra who unleashed his wrath on the villagers and soon the place was flooded. Lord Krishna saved them by lifting the Parvat and forming a shield. From that day onwards, the day came to be celebrated as Govardhan Puja.
If you are living in the USA and want to know pooja timings as per your time zone, here are all the details.

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