The Hindus celebrate Rishi Panchami the next day after Ganesh Chaturthi. The day is celebrated on the fifth day in the Shukla paksha (waxing moon or the bright moon) in Bhadrapada month of the Hindu Lunar calendar.
This year Rishi Panchami falls on September 3, 2019. The traditional worship of Sapta Rishi or seven sages is marked on this day including Kashyapa, Atri, Bharadhvaja, Vishvamitra, Gauthama, Jamadagni and Vashishta.
The day is also observed as Vishwakarma Puja in some parts of Kerala. In Dadhich Brahmin and Maheshwari communities in Rajasthan, the Rishi Panchami is also celebrated as “rakhi festival”, where sisters tie “rakhi” or “sacred thread” on the wrists of their bothers.
People express respect, gratitude, and remembrance of the great deeds of the ancient Rishis in the Rishi Panchami Vrata. The Rishis devoted their life for the welfare of society.
The day commemorates the deeds of Sapta Rishi who taught people the basic principles of goodness. It is believed that they passed down their wisdom to the people so that people in order to make them able to follow the path of knowledge and become enlightened.
The shubh mahurat of Rishi Panchami starts at 11:24 am and ends at 1:52 pm on September 3. The Panchami tithi begins at 1:54 am on September 3, 2019, and ends on the same day at 11:27 pm.