Hariyali Teej Vratam The green teej of the monsoon, on the third day of the bright fortnight of Shravana, kept by married women in Rajasthan, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh for Parvati, who won Shiva by her penance.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Hariyali Teej
- हिन्दी
- हरियाली तीज
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What the day is
The green teej of the monsoon, on the third day of the bright fortnight of Shravana, kept by married women in Rajasthan, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh for Parvati, who won Shiva by her penance. Swings are hung from the trees, hands are painted with mehndi, green bangles and green clothes are worn, and the sindhara, a gift from the mother's house, arrives.
- Deity
- Parvati, Shiva
- Kind
- Vratam Days kept by a fast or a vow, most of them coming round every lunar month.
The hour
The rule in words
Shravana Shukla Tritiya at sunrise; the puja is in the evening, after the swing and the songs.
The fast
A fast through the day, broken in the evening after the Parvati puja. Ghewar is the sweet of the day.
Where the regions differ
Rajasthan's Jaipur takes the idol of Parvati through the city; the Kajari and Hartalika teejes follow in the next month on the same instinct. The south keeps no teej.
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.