# Hartalika Teej 2027: Date and Rituals

> Hartalika Teej 2027 is on Friday, 3 September. Teej is the festival of women in the rainy season, for Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva.

Source: https://www.hinducalendar.today/festivals/hartalika-teej

## Significance & Spiritual Meaning

Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues

Significance & Spiritual Meaning

Teej is the festival of women in the rainy season, for Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva.

Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues

Hariyali Teej (Shravana Shukla Tritiya) celebrates the reunion of Shiva and Parvati; Kajari Teej falls on Bhadrapada Krishna Tritiya; Hartalika Teej on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya. Women fast for their husbands and wear green and henna, and swing on swings.

## Key Rituals & Observance

Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices

1. 1 Step 1 A fast through the day, and the worship of Shiva and Parvati.
2. 2 Step 2 Green clothes, bangles and mehndi.
3. 3 Step 3 Songs and swings in the garden.

## Sacred Deity & Powerful Mantras

The Divine Mother • Vedic and Puranic chants for peace and blessings

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#### The Divine Mother · Mantra

ॐ दुं दुर्गायै नमः ॥

Om Dum Durgayai Namah

Meaning

Salutations to The Divine Mother.

108 Japa Sacred Mantra

## Fasting & Parana Guidelines

✓ Keep the fast from sunrise, with water, fruit or milk only if the fast is not strict.

✓ Avoid grain, onion, garlic and salt in the strict form of the fast.

✓ Break the fast at the time the vrat directs, after the worship.