Tulsi Vivah Festival The marriage of the tulsi plant to Vishnu as Shaligram or as Krishna, performed in the courtyard with a full wedding: a canopy over the pot, a thread, a sari for the plant, the mangalashtaka verses and a small feast.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Tulsi Vivah
- हिन्दी
- तुलसी विवाह
- मराठी
- तुळशी विवाह
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When it falls next
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What the day is
The marriage of the tulsi plant to Vishnu as Shaligram or as Krishna, performed in the courtyard with a full wedding: a canopy over the pot, a thread, a sari for the plant, the mangalashtaka verses and a small feast. It is the first wedding of the season, and in many families no daughter is given until it is done.
- Deity
- Tulsi, Vishnu, Krishna
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
Kartika Shukla Dwadashi at sunrise; the wedding itself is performed at dusk, the hour a marriage is held.
The fast
Those who keep the Ekadashi fast break it after this puja in some families. The amla branch and sugar cane are used for the canopy and eaten after.
Where the regions differ
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and the Hindi belt keep it; the far south keeps the tulsi puja in Kartika without the wedding. Traditions vary on the day, from Ekadashi to the Purnima.
Fixing a day for it
The muhurtham rules that go with this festival
Vivaha, the marriage itself. The grading is the Tamil almanac one: nine wedding months, the seven wedding tithis, the marriage stars, and Mithunam, Kanni and Thulam as the best lagnas. Tuesday and Saturday rule a day out, as no Tamil almanac prints a wedding muhurtham on either. Confirm the chosen day and hour with the family astrologer.
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.