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Hariyali Teej

The bright Tritiya of Shravana, in the rains: the day Lord Shiva accepted Goddess Parvati as his wife. Women wear green, put on mehndi, swing under the trees and sing, and married daughters receive the sindhara from their parents’ home, with ghevar.

Hariyali Teej 2027
Wednesday 4 August 2027
New Delhi

For New Delhi, Wednesday 4 August 2027

Shukla Tritiya tithi

Begins
8:20 am
Ends
5:09 am, 5 Aug
Sunrise
5:44 am
Sunset
7:10 pm
Moonrise
7:44 am
Moonset
8:27 pm

Worked out for your city. Panchangs can differ by a minute or so.

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How it is kept

Customs vary by region and family

  • Green clothes and bangles, and mehndi the day before
  • Swings hung from trees, and the songs of Teej
  • The sindhara: gifts and ghevar from a daughter’s parents
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What it remembers

Hariyali Teej, the Teej of green, is the Tritiya of the bright half of Shravana, in July or August, when the rains have turned the land green. It marks the day Lord Shiva accepted Goddess Parvati as his wife. Women wear green, put mehndi on their hands, swing on swings hung from the trees and sing, and married daughters receive the sindhara, gifts from their parents’ home. It is kept above all in Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

The day Shiva accepted her

Goddess Parvati gave herself to tapas and fasting to win Lord Shiva, who sat lost in meditation. On the bright Tritiya of Shravana, it is told, he accepted her at last as his wife. So women worship her on this day as Teej Mata, the mother of Teej, with Shiva beside her, for a happy married life.

Born a hundred and eight times

Some tell that Goddess Parvati was born again and again, a hundred and eight times, before Lord Shiva accepted her. Her patience is what the day honours, and why women who pray for a good marriage keep it.

The swings of the rains

Teej comes with the monsoon, and the swing is its sign. Women swing under the trees, and in Braj the gods swing too: in the temples of Vrindavan, Lord Krishna and Goddess Radha are set on swings and dressed in green.

Keeping Hariyali Teej

Hariyali Teej is a festival more than a strict vrat. Many women fast, married women for their husbands and unmarried girls for a good husband, and some take no water at all; others do not fast. Follow your own tradition.

  1. The day before, on Sinjara, put mehndi on your hands.
  2. On the day, bathe and dress in green, with green bangles.
  3. Set a picture or images of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, and worship Parvati as Teej Mata with flowers, a lamp and the suhaag items.
  4. Sing the songs of Teej, and take turns on a swing hung from a tree or in the courtyard, decked with flowers.
  5. Married daughters receive the sindhara from their parents: clothes, bangles, mehndi and ghevar.
  6. Share ghevar and the other sweets of the day with the family.

What you need

  • Green clothes and green bangles
  • Mehndi
  • A picture or images of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati
  • Flowers, a lamp and the suhaag items
  • A swing, and flowers to deck it
  • Ghevar

Across India

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Teej Mata is carried in procession for two days from the City Palace, out through Tripolia Gate and along the bazaars of the old city, with decorated camels, horses and palanquins and folk singers. Ghevar is fried in great pans in the streets.

Vrindavan and Braj

The day of the jhulan, when Lord Krishna and Goddess Radha are set on swings in the temples. At the Banke Bihari temple, Krishna comes out in the evening to a great golden swing, the hindola, in the courtyard.

Punjab

Teeyan, the women’s festival of the rains: girls swing and dance the giddha, and married women go home to their parents and come back with gifts.

Haryana

A public holiday in the state: swings, green clothes and mehndi, and the sindhara sent to married daughters.

When it falls

Shukla Tritiya of Shravana. Kept on the day this tithi holds at sunrise.

These are the usual rules. A few days can differ by a day in your tradition, so check with your temple.

Hariyali Teej in the coming years

New Delhi, India time

  1. 2027Wednesday 4 August 2027
  2. 2028Monday 24 July 2028

Questions

When is Hariyali Teej in 2027?

Wednesday 4 August 2027, in New Delhi. In a few places it can fall a day apart, so the date above is worked out for your city.

When does Hariyali Teej fall?

Shukla Tritiya of Shravana. Kept on the day this tithi holds at sunrise.

How is Hariyali Teej kept?

Families green clothes and bangles, and mehndi the day before, swings hung from trees, and the songs of Teej and the sindhara: gifts and ghevar from a daughter’s parents. Customs vary by region and family.

Who is honoured on Hariyali Teej?

Parvati. The bright Tritiya of Shravana, in the rains: the day Lord Shiva accepted Goddess Parvati as his wife. Women wear green, put on mehndi, swing under the trees and sing, and married daughters receive the sindhara from their parents’ home, with ghevar.

What is the difference between Hariyali Teej and Hartalika Teej?

Hariyali Teej, on the bright Tritiya of Shravana, is the Teej of the rains, of green, swings and mehndi, and the day Lord Shiva accepted Goddess Parvati. Hartalika Teej, a month later in Bhadrapada, remembers her fast in the forest and is kept with a strict fast and a night of prayer.

Why is green worn on Hariyali Teej?

Hariyali means greenery. The festival comes in the monsoon, when the land turns green, and green, the colour of new life and plenty, is worn in clothes and bangles.

What is the sindhara?

The gifts a married daughter receives from her parents’ home for Teej: clothes, bangles, mehndi and sweets, ghevar above all. The day before Teej, when mehndi is put on, is called Sinjara.

Do women fast on Hariyali Teej?

Many do, married women for their husbands and unmarried girls for a good husband, and some keep it without water. Others keep the day with the puja, the swings and the songs alone. Customs differ by family and region.

When is Hariyali Teej, compared with Nag Panchami?

Two days before it. Hariyali Teej is the bright Tritiya of Shravana and Nag Panchami the bright Panchami of the same month, so the two fall in the same week.

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