| City | Date | Purvahna (morning) Puja time | Tithi (local) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manama Arabia Standard Time (AST) | Friday, September 3, 2027 | 5:18 AM – 10:21 AM AST | Sep 2, 2:21 PM → Sep 3, 11:50 AM AST |
Timings are local. Tithi = begin → end of the festival's tithi in that city.
The tithi prevailing at local sunrise (Udaya tithi).
The rule of the waterless fast — not even water day and night (some traditions allow achaman); once kept it must be kept every year (giving it up is considered inauspicious — if ill, have someone else complete it/or keep it with fruit); so the first vrat is taken with thought. Parvati did this very penance.
The puja is mainly in the evening/Pradosh and then in all four prahars of the night — hand-made images of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha in clay/sand/black soil ('parthiv'), the phulera (a canopy of flowers), the 16 suhag items; the katha three times; the next morning the images are immersed and the paran done.
'Teeja' in Chhattisgarh — daughters are called to their parents' home, 'karu bhaat' (bitter gourd with rice) a day earlier; a new bride's first Teej at her parents' home in Bihar-UP; the one-night puja of 'Hartalika' in Maharashtra; the three-day 'Teej' of Nepal — dar, waterless fast, Rishi Panchami.
Yes — Friday, September 3, 2027.
Purvahna (morning) Puja time: 5:18 AM to 10:21 AM (AST). Other cities are in the table above.
Each row is in that city's own local time (Arabia Standard Time (AST) for Manama).
Hariyali Teej is Shravana Shukla Tritiya (Sawan — green bangles, swings, celebration, fruit); Hartalika is Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya (a month later — 24 hours waterless, night vigil, clay images, the strictest); Kajari Teej in between (Bhadrapada Krishna Tritiya).
The scriptural rule is waterless (achaman allowed by family custom); from sunrise to the next sunrise. It is strict — only healthy women; the pregnant, unwell and nursing keep it with fruit and water; if health fails take water and food — the vrat is Parvati's penance, not a danger to life.
In folk tradition yes — so take the first vrat thoughtfully; but if it is missed through illness/pregnancy/mourning, keep it with fruit or have another woman of the house do the puja, with udyapan later — nothing inauspicious happens, the spirit is what matters.
Divide the night from sunset to the next sunrise into four equal parts (~3 hours) — the first prahar is Pradosh (main puja and katha), then about 9, 12 and 3 — each time flowers, akshat, lamp, mantra, aarti, katha; songs and bhajans with friends make the vigil easier; if not even one prahar is possible, the Pradosh puja and the morning puja suffice.