🚩 Tuesday Vrat (Hanuman) and Mangalagaur Puja Vidhi — step by step
This is the household vidhi of the Tuesday vrat (Hanuman); pacifying Mars and the customs of the Shravana Mangalagaur/Mangala Gauri at the end.
How to do Tuesday Vrat (Hanuman) and Mangalagaur — the steps
- Morning: bathe, red/saffron clothes; sankalp — 'the vrat of 21 Tuesdays, for (wish), one meal'; at a Hanuman temple or the Hanuman picture/idol at home — the chola of sindoor and jasmine oil (or a tilak), red flowers and garland (hibiscus-marigold), red cloth-langot, the sacred thread, paan-supari, the bhog of boondi/besan laddoo and banana-jaggery-gram, Tulsi leaves; a lamp of ghee/jasmine oil; the Hanuman Chalisa (1/7/11 times), the Bajrang Baan/Sundarkand (if possible), 'Om Ham Hanumate Namah' 108 times; the aarti 'Aarti kije Hanuman lala ki'.
- During the day: fruit or one sweet meal (evening) — many homes without salt (jaggery-sweet: laddoo-halwa-sweet roti-jaggery rice); celibacy, no anger or lies, no cutting hair and nails (some customs); japa of Rama's name.
- Evening: a lamp (jasmine oil) at the Hanuman temple, reading the Sundarkand/Ramcharitmanas, aarti; hear the vrat katha (below — the Brahmin couple/Mangal); distribute prasad — boondi laddoo, jaggery-gram; then the meal.
- Pacifying Mars (Manglik/Mars affliction): on Tuesday red masoor, jaggery, red cloth, a copper vessel, red flowers, batasha — given to the poor/at a Hanuman temple; 'Om Am Angarakaya Namah' 108 times or the Mangal stotra (the Rina Mochan Mangal Stotra — for freedom from debt); rice and jaggery for the cow; planting a sapling since Mars is the Earth's son; coral on a priest's advice; the Panchmukhi Hanuman Kavach; special on Bhauma Pradosh/Angarki.
- The udyapan of 21 Tuesdays: on the 21st (or 22nd) Tuesday 21 boondi laddoos/churma, a red flag, chola and langot offered at the Hanuman temple, the Sundarkand reading, feeding a Brahmin/21 children, charity (red cloth-jaggery-gram); then the vrat continues as one wishes; if missed, count from the next Tuesday (strict custom: restart).
- Mangalagaur (Maharashtra — the Tuesdays of Shravana): the new bride bathes in the morning, a new sari, chuda, green bangles; installing the idol of Gauri (Annapurna)/a betel nut, sixteen patri (bel, durva, Tulsi, aghada, kewda, chafa, jaswand, shami, dhotra…) and sixteen flowers, haldi-kunku, the naivedya of sixteen karanjya/puran poli; the katha (Mangalagaurichi kahani), the aarti 'Jai Devi Mangalagauri'; haldi-kunku and vaan (gifts) for the married women (of both families); the night-long vigil — jhimma, phugadi, pinga, bas-phugadi, ukhane, songs; the immersion/uttar puja the next morning; the udyapan in the fifth year (vaan for the mother and mother-in-law).
- The Mangala Gauri vrat (north India — the Sawan Tuesday): the Parvati/Gauri picture, 16 kinds of items in sixteens (laddoos, fruit, flowers, paan, supari, cloves, cardamom, bangles, 16 flour lamps, 16 wicks each), suhag items; the katha (the merchant's son with a life of 16 years — long life through the Mangala Gauri vrat); the udyapan after 5 years/when able; the long life of husband and children.
- Women: the Chalisa, lamp and laddoo in the Hanuman puja; remembrance during menstruation; the Mangalagaur only for new brides (5 years), other married women join in; girls with Mangal dosha the Tuesday vrat + Mangala Gauri.
Puja samagri checklist
The Hanuman chola, laddoo, Chalisa, red charity + the sixteen patri, flowers and karanjya of Mangalagaur — the Tuesday list.
- Hanuman picture/idol, red/saffron cloth, wooden seat; sindoor + jasmine oil (chola), red cloth-langot, sacred thread, red flag
- Red flowers (hibiscus-marigold-rose), garland, Tulsi leaves, paan-supari-cloves, akshat, roli, mauli
- Bhog: boondi/besan laddoos, jaggery-gram, banana, imarti/jalebi (some), peda, panchmewa; the vrat meal — sweet (jaggery-halwa-sweet roti-jaggery rice) without salt/rock salt
- Lamp (ghee/jasmine oil — jasmine is dear to Hanuman), incense, camphor, aarti thali
- Reading: the Hanuman Chalisa, Bajrang Baan, Sundarkand, Hanuman Ashtak, the Mangal stotra (Rina Mochan), rudraksha/red sandalwood mala
- Charity for pacifying Mars: red masoor, jaggery, red cloth, copper, batasha, red flowers; coral (from a priest), a sapling
- Mangalagaur: Gauri/Annapurna idol or betel nut, sixteen patri (bel-durva-Tulsi-aghada-shami-kewda-chafa-jaswand-dhotra-arjuna-rui-mogra-jai-bakul-kadamba-ashoka), sixteen flowers, haldi-kunku, sixteen karanjya/puran poli, coconut, vaan (gifts for married women), green bangles; the games (phugadi-jhimma — nothing needed, just friends)
- Mangala Gauri (north): 16 laddoos-16 fruits-16 paan-16 flour lamps-16 wicks, 16 bangles and suhag items, the katha book
Boondi laddoo, jaggery-gram, the sweet meal; the karanjya and puran poli of Mangalagaur
One sweet meal (without salt/rock salt) in the Tuesday vrat — jaggery-halwa-sweet roti-jaggery rice-laddoo; boondi laddoo, jaggery-gram, banana and imarti for Hanuman; the gift of red masoor-jaggery for pacifying Mars; sixteen karanjya (gujiya-like, filled with coconut-jaggery), puran poli, modak and varan-bhaat at the Mangalagaur; 16 laddoos in the Mangala Gauri of the north.
- Hanuman's bhog: boondi laddoos (besan boondi-ghee-sugar — saffron), besan laddoo, jaggery-roasted gram, banana, imarti-jalebi (the Tuesday-Saturday custom), paan beeda, panchmewa; jasmine oil-sindoor (the chola — not for eating)
- The vrat meal (once, usually evening): sweet roti/jaggery roti, halwa (semolina/flour), jaggery rice/sweet rice, kheer, fruit-milk; without salt (strict) or rock salt; red things — pomegranate-apple
- Pacifying Mars: red masoor dal, jaggery, batasha — charity and rice-jaggery for the cow; red fruit
- Mangalagaur (Maharashtra): sixteen karanjya (gujiya of coconut-jaggery/khoya), puran poli, ukdiche modak, koshimbir, varan-bhaat, alu vadi, panchamrit; chivda-laddoo-tea between the night's games (the vigil), fruit and vaan with haldi-kunku for the married women
- Mangala Gauri (north): 16 laddoos (besan/boondi), 16 fruits, sweet rice, poori-halwa; the paran with Gauri's prasad
- South (Tuesday/Chevvai): pongal-vada at Murugan/Mariamman temples, the vadamala for Anjaneya (a garland of urad vadas — Hanuman Jayanti/Tuesday)
Rules — do's and don'ts
✅ Do
- Sindoor and jasmine oil, red flowers and boondi laddoo for Hanuman; the Chalisa/Sundarkand; one sweet meal
- A vow of 21 Tuesdays → udyapan (21 laddoos, flag, feeding children); consecutive, without a gap
- Mangal dosha: the gift of red masoor-jaggery-red cloth, the Mangal stotra, a sapling; a chart check first
- The Shravana Tuesday: Mangalagaur (new brides)/Mangala Gauri (married women) — sixteens, friends, the katha
- Celibacy, distance from anger and lies — Mars is a fierce planet, restraint alone pacifies it
❌ Don't
- No meat, liquor, onion-garlic on Tuesday, no lending or borrowing, no haste over a new vehicle/land (folk belief), no cutting hair and nails (some customs)
- No black clothes in Hanuman puja, no bhog without charanamrit-Tulsi (Tulsi is dear), no superstition of a man-woman divide (the Chalisa and lamp are for all)
- No abandoning the vrat midway; no distress to the sick and pregnant in the name of a saltless fast
- No coral without a chart check; no marriage decisions out of fear of 'Manglik' — match with a priest/astrology report
- No trouble to the neighbours from noise at the Mangalagaur vigil; no unsafe play
Vrat katha
The Tuesday vrat katha: a Brahmin couple was childless; the Brahmin worshipped Hanuman in the forest, the wife kept the Tuesday vrat at home and ate only after offering bhog to Hanuman. One Tuesday she could not make the… Read the full katha →
Frequently asked questions
When is the next Tuesday vrat and when are the Sawan Tuesdays of {Y}?
The list above has the next 12 Tuesdays — those marked 'Mangalagaur (Shravana Tuesday)' are the Sawan Tuesdays (the Purnimanta Shravana — north India; Maharashtra's Amanta Shravana begins 15 days later — its Tuesdays are the list's Shravana Shukla Tuesdays plus the following ones (Purnimanta Bhadrapada Krishna, i.e. Amanta Shravana Krishna)); begin the 21-Tuesday vrat on any Tuesday (Shukla Paksha best).
How many Tuesday vrats, what rules, salt?
A vow of 21 (about 5 months) or 45 Tuesdays; the morning Hanuman puja (chola-laddoo-Chalisa), one meal — sweet/saltless by tradition (jaggery-halwa-sweet roti), many homes rock salt; celibacy; 21 laddoos-flag-feeding children at the udyapan; the sick and pregnant eat normally and keep only the puja and Chalisa.
What is Mangal dosha (Manglik), and does the Tuesday vrat pacify it?
Mars in the 1st-4th-7th-8th-12th house from the ascendant in the chart = Manglik (the folk belief of delay/discord in marriage; many exceptions — Mars in own/exalted sign, Jupiter's aspect, weakening after 28); the remedies — the Tuesday vrat, Hanuman worship, the gift of red masoor-jaggery-red cloth-copper, the Mangal stotra, the Ujjain Mangalnath bhaat puja, the kumbh vivah (some), coral (from a priest); confirm first from the chart (a Manglik report) — not out of fear.
What is Mangalagaur and who keeps it?
The new bride of Maharashtra worships Gauri-Annapurna on every Tuesday of Shravana (Amanta) — sixteen patri and flowers, haldi-kunku, karanjya; inviting the married women and friends of both families for night-long jhimma-phugadi-pinga-ukhane; the first five years of marriage (the first year at the parental home, the rest at the in-laws' — customs differ), the udyapan in the fifth year; the husband's long life and good fortune; now communal Mangalagaur programmes in the cities.
How to do the Mangala Gauri vrat (north)?
On every Tuesday of Sawan married women/girls worship Parvati (Mangala Gauri) — 16 of each item (laddoos, fruit, flowers, paan, supari, cloves, cardamom, bangles, 16 flour lamps — 16 wicks), suhag items, the katha (the merchant's son's life of 16 years lengthened by the vrat), aarti; one meal; the udyapan after 5 years/when able; the long life of husband and children, pacifying Mangal dosha.
Can women worship Hanuman?
Yes — the Hanuman Chalisa, lamp, laddoo, Sundarkand and the Tuesday vrat are for all; in some temple traditions touching the idol/offering the chola is done by men (Hanuman is a brahmachari — the scriptures do not forbid women's worship, Mother Sita herself); women may offer the chola/sindoor from a distance; remembrance and japa during menstruation.
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