In ancient times, there was a tradition of celebrating birthday as a ritual. Following rituals not only builds personality but also paves the way for a happy life. According to Hindu tradition, the person whose birthday it is, goes to the temple with his friends and family and lights a lamp in front of God and does collective worship and Aarti and wishes for a bright future. The way happiness is celebrated on the birth of God, similar happiness is also celebrated. According to Vedic tradition, lamps should be lit on the auspicious occasion of birthday so that the future life remains auspicious. The number of years of age completed should be the same number of lamps lit in front of God, this protects from evils throughout the year. It is believed that on the birthday, one more year of life has passed which will never be returned, so the same number of candles are lit and extinguished, but in Hindu tradition, lamps are lit on the auspicious occasion of birthday to wish for long life.

In ancient times, there was a tradition of celebrating birthday as a ritual. Following rituals not only builds personality but also paves the way for a happy life. According to Hindu tradition, the person whose birthday it is, goes to the temple with his friends and family and lights a lamp in front of God and does collective worship and Aarti and wishes for a bright future. The way happiness is celebrated on the birth of God, similar happiness is also celebrated. According to Vedic tradition, lamps should be lit on the auspicious occasion of birthday so that the future life remains auspicious. The number of years of age completed should be the same number of lamps lit in front of God, this protects from evils throughout the year. It is believed that on the birthday, one more year of life has passed which will never be returned, so the same number of candles are lit and extinguished, but in Hindu tradition, lamps are lit on the auspicious occasion of birthday to wish for long life.

Use of sesame seeds on birthday increases life span. Take bath with water containing sesame seeds and Ganga water, donate things made of sesame seeds and eat.

On birthday, offering prasad in temple, food, clothes etc. to orphanages and poor needy people brings blessings.

On birthday, get worship done by a learned person; good wishes through Vedic mantras like Swasti Vachan etc. protects from calamities throughout the year. After worship etc., feed Brahmins and donate as much as you can. According to learned people, on the auspicious occasion of birthday, worship of Shasthi Devi has special importance; worshipping her brings good fortune.

In the birth chart or yearly horoscope, whatever malefic planet or its condition is there, its special worship, donation and pacification should be done through homa. To avoid the inauspicious results of malefic planets in birth or yearly horoscope, it is auspicious to get the chanting and donation of Surya, Mangal etc. done by yourself or by a qualified Brahmin.

According to Indian culture, the right way to celebrate birthday is to start the morning with blessings and worship of elders. It is believed that worshipping fire and lighting fire during auspicious occasions drives away negative energies and evil forces. Lighting fire inculcates Satvik qualities in a person. Also, evil eye and fierce anger are pacified due to the effect of fire. This is the reason that in earlier times, according to Indian civilization, it was a custom to light a lamp before God on the birthday. This would give positivity to the person, God’s blessings would also remain and according to astrology, the planets would also remain calm and happy.

At the same time, now there is a trend of extinguishing candles which is wrong and inauspicious according to astrology. Burning a candle ignites a fire. In such a situation, extinguishing that fire means promoting negative energy and also disturbing the planets. Birthday should always be celebrated at sunrise instead of at night. After sunrise, one should take a bath and offer water to the Sun God. Birthday must be celebrated as per the Hindu calendar, on the date of birth, one should drink milk with sesame seeds from the mother’s hand. Nutritious food items should be eaten on this day. Birthday is a festival in itself. By celebrating it happily, you can make the coming years happy.