Hartalika Teej 2026 in Saudi Arabia: Sun, Sep 13 — Puja Time by City

How the Hartalika Teej date is decided

The tithi prevailing at local sunrise (Udaya tithi).

Significance

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.

Puja vidhi (brief)

1. Dwitiya (a day earlier): a full sattvik meal in the evening/night — like 'sargi/dar/karu bhaat' (bitter gourd and rice in Chhattisgarh, dahi-chura and fruit in Bihar, the 'dar' feast in Nepal); mehndi; nothing after midnight.
2. Tritiya: bathe before sunrise, sankalp — 'I keep the waterless Hartalika Teej vrat for unbroken good fortune/the husband of my choice, and will do paran after sunrise tomorrow'; solah shringar, red/green saree, new bangles, sindoor; no water during the day, rest and bhajans, speak little.
3. Preparation in the day: the phulera — banana stems and a canopy of flowers and leaves over a bamboo/wooden seat; hand-made small images of Shiva, Parvati (Gauri), Ganesha and (in many homes) Riddhi-Siddhi in clay/black soil/sand (or clay ones from the market); installed on banana leaves; kalash.
4. Pradosh puja (after sunset — time above — the first prahar): Ganesha puja; water, milk, bel leaves, datura, bhasma and white flowers for Shiva; the 16 suhag items for Parvati (bangles, bindi, sindoor, mehndi, kajal, comb, mirror, chunari, toe-rings, alta, perfume, garland…); 'Om Umamaheshwarabhyam Namah'; the Hartalika vrat katha (below) — 3 times/every prahar; the aarti 'Jai Parvati Mata'.
5. Puja in four prahars (about 9 pm, 12, 3 am): in each prahar flowers and akshat on the images, a new lamp, mantra, aarti; bhajans and songs in between (the folk songs of Teej), the collective vigil of friends and married women; no sleeping.
6. Bayana: after the puja suhag items, sweets, fruit and dakshina to the mother-in-law/elder sister-in-law — touching her feet; girls take the blessings of the older married women.
7. Chaturthi morning (after sunrise): the final puja and aarti, the sindoor offered to Parvati into your own parting, immersion of the images and puja material (river/pond or a pot/water vessel at home), taking down the phulera; then paran — first the puja water/Tulsi water, dahi-chura/fruit, then a meal (in many homes the paran from the husband's hand).
8. A new bride's first Teej at her parents' home (Bihar-UP-Chhattisgarh) or at the in-laws' with the mother-in-law — by custom; a vrat once begun every year; if ill/pregnant, with fruit and water or the puja by another woman of the house — the spirit stays unbroken.

Frequently asked questions

Is Hartalika Teej 2026 on the same day in Saudi Arabia and India?

No. India: Monday, September 14, 2026; Riyadh (Saudi Arabia): Sunday, September 13, 2026. The tithi is judged at the local deciding moment, which falls on a different calendar day here.

What is the puja time for Hartalika Teej 2026 in Riyadh?

Purvahna (morning) Puja time: 5:39 AM to 10:35 AM (AST). Other cities are in the table above.

Which time zone are these timings in?

Each row is in that city's own local time (Arabia Standard Time (AST) for Riyadh).

What is the difference between Hartalika and Hariyali Teej?

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).

Really not even water?

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.

Once begun, is it compulsory every year?

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.

How to do the puja of four prahars?

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.

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