Hartalika Teej 2026: Married women keep various fasts for their husbands’ long life and an everlasting married life, and Hartalika Teej is one of them. This is considered to be one of the most difficult Teej fasts. On this day, married women observe a waterless fast, worship Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, and pray for a happy married life. Come, let’s find out when the Hartalika Teej fast will be observed this year, what the shubh muhurat for puja will be, what the rules of the Hartalika Teej fast are, the puja vidhi, and when the fast can be broken.
Hartalika Teej fast is observed every year on the Tritiya Tithi of the Shukla Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada. In Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and other neighbouring states, people celebrate this festival according to traditional rituals and customs. This year, Hartalika Teej, according to the Udaya Tithi, will be on Monday, 14 September 2026. On this day, Ganesh Chaturthi will also be celebrated. Come, let’s understand the complete auspicious time through the panchang
Wake up early in the morning, bathe, and wear traditional red- or yellow-coloured clothes. On this day, married women should wear marital adornments like sindoor, bangles, kajal, and anklets. Light a ghee diya in front of the god and take a vow to keep a waterless fast throughout the day. Set up the puja mandap and decorate the platform with banana leaves and flowers. Now place the idols of lord shiva and Goddess Parvati. Place a water-filled kalash beside them and light a diya.
Sprinkle Gangajal and offer sandalwood, Bael leaves, Shami leaves, Durva, Flowers, etc to Lord Shiva. Now offer sindoor, flowers, clothes, traditional red veil, and items of marital adornment to Goddess Parvati. After this, offer bhog and read or listen to the Hartalika Teej vrat katha. Continue the waterless fast even after the puja. The next morning, do puja and aarti again. Only after this should you break your fast.
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The Hartalika Teej fast should be broken the next morning. Wake up, take a bath, and do puja of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Offer sindoor to Goddess Parvati. After offering sindoor, take some sindoor in your dupatta and apply it to your hair parting. Then give charity and dakshina before breaking your fast. Keep in mind that the Hartalika Teej fast should only be broken after sunrise.
In the Hartalika Teej fast, ‘Harat’ means abduction, while ‘Alika’ means friend or female companion. This name refers to the story in which Goddess Parvati’s friend took her to the forest to protect her from a marriage against her will. While living alone in the forest, Parvati did severe penance to have Lord Shiva as her husband. Pleased with her devotion and penance, Lord Shiva gave her darshan. Hartalika Teej reminds us of Parvati’s intense penance and devotion. According to religious beliefs, married women who keep this fast receive Lord Shiva’s blessings for a happy married life. Unmarried girls who keep this fast are believed to find a suitable life partner of their choice and have a favourable chance of early marriage.
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