Hariyali Teej
Shravana Shukla Tritiya, celebrating Shiva–Parvati union.
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- CategoryVrat
- DeityMaa Parvati
- RegionRegional observance: North India
- Defining tithi / momentShukla Paksha Tritiya: to
- Lunar monthShravana Shukla Paksha (same name in Amanta and Purnimanta)
Timings on Thursday, 5 August 2027
Rule applied: Smarta — The tithi covers the required time on this day only.
About Hariyali Teej
Significance
Hariyali Teej, the green Teej, celebrates the monsoon and the union of Shiva and Parvati. In the popular telling, Parvati performed long penance, over many births in some versions, to win Shiva as her husband, and he accepted her on this day; married women keep the fast for a happy married life and unmarried girls for a good husband. The Shiva Purana (Rudra Samhita, Parvati Khanda) tells of Parvati’s penance, while the Teej customs themselves are folk tradition.
Teej is one of three Gauri festivals of the rains: Hariyali Teej on Shravana Shukla Tritiya, Kajari Teej on the Krishna Tritiya that follows, and Hartalika Teej on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya. Hariyali Teej is also called Sindhara Teej, after the gifts sent to married daughters, and Shravani or Chhoti Teej.
How and where it is observed
The festival is most widely kept in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab, where it is the women’s festival of Teeyan. In Jaipur a procession of Teej Mata sets out from the City Palace through the old city, as the Rajasthan Department of Tourism describes, and towns such as Bundi hold processions of their own. Nepal’s great Teej is the Bhadrapada Hartalika Teej rather than this one.
Rituals
Swings are hung from trees and in courtyards, and women in green clothes and bangles, with henna on their hands, swing and sing songs of the rains. Parents send a married daughter the sindhara of clothes, bangles, henna and sweets, especially ghewar. Many women fast, some without water, worship Parvati with Shiva, often with clay images or pictures, and hear the Teej katha before breaking the fast.
How the date is fixed
Hariyali Teej is Shravana Shukla Tritiya, the same month in Amanta and Purnimanta reckoning. With no ruling of its own in the Dharmashastra digests, it is dated by the almanac convention of the udaya tithi: the day on which Tritiya prevails at sunrise. If Tritiya is present at two sunrises, the first day is taken; if it touches no sunrise, the day that contains it. Hartalika Teej has its own Nirnaya Sindhu rule preferring the Chaturthi-joined day; calendars that apply that preference to Hariyali Teej as well would give the next day in such years.
Sources
- Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita, Parvati Khanda (Parvati’s penance)
- Rajasthan Tourism (Government of Rajasthan): Fairs and Festivals (Teej, Jaipur)
- Nirnaya Sindhu, Bhadrapada (Hartalika Tritiya), for the contrast with the Chaturthi-joined rule
Customs differ between regions, communities and families; this description is background, not a prescription. The date above is calculated by the rule shown on this page.
How the date is determined
- The date is Shravana Shukla Paksha Tritiya; the month name is the same in the Amanta and Purnimanta systems.
- It falls on the day when this tithi prevails at local sunrise (udaya tithi).
- If the tithi is present at two sunrises (a vriddhi tithi), the first day is taken.
- If the tithi does not touch that period on any day (a kshaya tithi), the Hindu day on which the tithi prevails longest is used.
- In a year with an Adhik month of the same name, it is observed in the regular (Nija) month.
Traditional variation
Observed on the day Tritiya prevails at sunrise (udaya tithi, the almanac convention); when Tritiya is present at two sunrises, the first day is taken. Hartalika Teej, the Bhadrapada Gauri vrata, has its own Nirnaya Sindhu rule preferring the Chaturthi-joined day; Hariyali Teej, a lokachara vrata with no ruling of its own, is kept by the almanac udaya convention instead, so a calendar that applies the Chaturthi-joined preference here would give the next day in such years.
This is the date given by the rule shown above for the selected place. It is not the only valid date: regional Panchangs, family customs and sampradayas may observe it on a different day.
Rule source: North Indian lokachara Gauri vrata (Sindhara / Hariyali Teej) with no Nirnaya Sindhu or Dharma Sindhu ruling of its own, dated by the almanac udaya convention: the day on which Shravana Shukla Tritiya prevails at sunrise (udaya tithi); at two sunrises the first day; touching no sunrise, the day that contains it. Unlike Hartalika Teej, no Chaturthi-yukta nirnaya is applied
Traditions may vary by region and Panchang convention. Times are shown for the selected place, time zone and calculation profile.
Calculated with engine 1.4.2 · rules rules-2026-10-21-2ab12b5d · profile north-lahiri-calibrated v1 · ayanamsa lahiri_drik_compat · astronomy-engine@2.1.19 · Asia/Singapore
Dates in 2026
| Date | Defining tithi / moment | Time windows | Decision notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/08/2026 (Sat)
Shravana Shukla Paksha (same name in Amanta and Purnimanta) |
Shukla Paksha Tritiya: to | — | Standard rule applied |
Dates in 2027
| Date | Defining tithi / moment | Time windows | Decision notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/08/2027 (Thu)
Next
Shravana Shukla Paksha (same name in Amanta and Purnimanta) |
Shukla Paksha Tritiya: to | — | Standard rule applied |