Atla Taddi Vratam The women's vratam of Andhra and Telangana on the third day of the dark fortnight of Ashwayuja, kept by married women for the long life of the husband and by unmarried girls for a good one.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Atla Taddi
- తెలుగు
- అట్లతద్ది
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ಅಟ್ಲ ತದ್ದಿ
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
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What the day is
The women's vratam of Andhra and Telangana on the third day of the dark fortnight of Ashwayuja, kept by married women for the long life of the husband and by unmarried girls for a good one. Gowri is worshipped, eleven atlu (dosa-like pancakes) are offered and given away, and the night is spent on swings and songs.
- Deity
- Gowri, Parvati, Chandra
- Kind
- Vratam Days kept by a fast or a vow, most of them coming round every lunar month.
The hour
The rule in words
Ashwayuja Krishna Tadiya at sunrise. The fast is broken after the moonrise is seen, which on this tithi is late in the evening.
The fast
A hard fast: nothing from before dawn until the moon is seen, and in the strict form no water. Gongura pachadi and atlu are eaten after it.
Where the regions differ
The Telugu counterpart of the North Indian Karwa Chauth, which falls in the same dark fortnight a day later or on the same night, on the Chaturthi the northern calendar names Kartika Krishna because its month ends at the full moon. Tamil Nadu and Kerala do not keep either.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.