Hariyali Teej 2027हरियाली तीज

When is Hariyali Teej?

Observed on Shukla Tritiya, Shravan month. Dates follow the Panchang for New Delhi and can differ by a day in other places — check the Panchang for your city.

What Hariyali Teej means

Hariyali Teej, on the third day of the bright half of Shravan, is the "green Teej" — a festival of the monsoon, when the fields turn green, and of Parvati's love for Shiva. It is one of three Teej festivals of the rainy season, with Kajari Teej a fortnight later and Hartalika Teej in Bhadrapada.

Women dress in green, wear green bangles, apply mehndi, gather to swing on jhulas hung from trees and sing Teej songs about Shiva and Parvati and the rain. Married women fast for their husbands' long life and a happy marriage; unmarried girls pray for a husband like Shiva.

The festival also carries the bond between a daughter and her parents' home: the sindhara — clothes, bangles, sweets and ghewar sent from her mother's house — arrives a day before, and many newly married women spend Teej with their parents.

The story of Hariyali Teej

The Shiva Purana and folk tradition tell that Parvati, as Sati reborn, resolved to win Shiva again as her husband. She performed penance for years — some tellings say through 108 births — until Shiva, moved by her devotion, accepted her. Hariyali Teej celebrates their reunion, and Parvati is worshipped as Teej Mata.

Because Parvati won her husband through love and steadfastness, women pray to her for the same blessing — "akhand saubhagya", an unbroken married life.

Hariyali Teej puja vidhi, step by step

How Hariyali Teej is usually kept. Customs differ between Rajasthan, Haryana, UP and Bihar — follow your family's tradition.

What you need

• An image of Shiva and Parvati, or of Teej Mata
• Solah shringar items for Parvati: red chunari, bangles, sindoor, mehndi, bindi
• Flowers, bel leaves, a diya, incense
• Ghewar, kheer and fruits for naivedya
• A decorated swing (jhula), if possible

When to do the puja

In 2027 Hariyali Teej falls on Wednesday, 4 August (Shravan Shukla Tritiya). The puja is done in the evening; check the Panchang for your city. See the Panchang for your city.

Steps

1. Sindhara. The day before, the daughter receives sindhara from her parents' home — clothes, bangles, mehndi and ghewar.
2. Fast. Married women fast through the day — nirjala in many families — or as health allows.
3. Adorn. Wear green or red, apply mehndi and the sixteen adornments.
4. Swing and sing. Gather with other women at the jhula, swing and sing Teej songs.
5. Evening puja. Worship Shiva and Parvati with flowers and bel leaves, offer shringar items to Parvati, hear the Teej katha and break the fast as your family does.

Offerings & food: Ghewar, malpua, kheer, fruits; sixteen adornments (solah shringar) offered to Parvati

Mantras for Hariyali Teej

Hariyali Teej across India

Rajasthan (Teej Mata procession in Jaipur), Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Nepal

Rajasthan

Jaipur's Teej Mata sawari goes in procession from the City Palace with elephants and folk dancers; women in leheriya saris swing and sing.

Haryana

A state holiday; swings in every village, kite-flying, and sindhara gifts to daughters.

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Women gather in temples and courtyards for Shiva-Parvati puja and Kajari songs of the rains.

Nepal

Teej is a major women's festival, with red saris, dancing and fasting at Pashupatinath (in Nepal the main Teej falls with Hartalika in Bhadrapada).

Prayers to recite

Do’s and don’ts

Frequently asked questions