💰 Vaibhav Lakshmi Vrat (Friday) 2026

Next Friday — the 11- or 21-Friday Vaibhav Lakshmi vrat: worship of the Shri Yantra and a gold or silver object, kheer as the offering, kumkum to seven married women; for wealth, freedom from debt and a prosperous home. Evening vidhi and katha below.

The **Vaibhav Lakshmi vrat** is a Friday vrat — worship of Goddess Lakshmi in her 'Vaibhav' form (wealth, grain and glory) — which spread from homes in Gujarat and Maharashtra to women (and men) across India. The sankalp is for 11 or 21 Fridays, the puja is done in the evening, the eight forms of Lakshmi (Ashta Lakshmi) and the Shri Yantra are meditated upon, a gold or silver object of the house (coin, ring, nose-ring) is bathed in milk and panchamrit as a form of Lakshmi, and kheer is offered.

The vrat booklet ('Vaibhav Lakshmi Vrat Katha') travelled from Gujarati into Hindi and into every home — its method is followed here. Above are the upcoming Fridays with month and paksha; below the vidhi, samagri, katha, offering, regional customs, udyapan and FAQs. The Santoshi Mata Friday vrat has its own page.

Significance — why this vrat

The eight forms of Lakshmi — Adi, Dhana, Dhanya, Gaja, Santana, Veera, Vijaya and Vidya Lakshmi — are remembered in this vrat; it is believed that keeping 11 or 21 Fridays with faith removes poverty from the house, releases stuck money, clears debt and brings happiness and prosperity to the family.

The Shri Yantra: the yantra form of Lakshmi — its worship (as a picture, in copper or silver) is considered essential in this vrat, with the mantra 'Om Shreem Hreem Shreem Kamale Kamalalaye Prasida Prasida Shreem Hreem Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah'. Bathing a gold or silver object as Lakshmi herself is the distinctive mark of this vrat.

Friday and Venus: the planet of wealth, beauty, vehicles and married life — Lakshmi puja on this day also earns the grace of Venus; when Venus is weak in the chart, this vrat, donation of white things and the Lakshmi stotra are considered remedies.

Puja vidhi (step by step)

The vidhi of the Vaibhav Lakshmi vrat (as in the vrat booklet) — sankalp for 11 or 21 Fridays; puja in the evening, facing east.

1. Sankalp (first Friday): after the morning bath, before Mother Lakshmi — 'I (name) will keep the Vaibhav Lakshmi vrat for 11/21 Fridays for (wish); on completion I will do the udyapan'; the vrat is kept at home only — not while travelling; add that Friday later.
2. Through the day: fruit or one meal (salt is allowed); purity of mind and speech, no gossip, remembrance of 'Jai Maa Lakshmi'.
3. Evening puja: sit on an asana facing east; on a chauki a red or yellow cloth, a small heap of rice on it, on the heap a copper kalash filled with water, on the kalash a small bowl; in the bowl the gold or silver object (coin, ring, nose-ring — whatever you have; if none, a rupee coin).
4. Place the picture of Lakshmi (Dhana Lakshmi — seated on a lotus, showering gold) and the Shri Yantra in front; ghee lamp, incense; bathe the gold/silver object in milk and panchamrit, rinse with clean water, wipe and place it in the bowl.
5. Worship: turmeric, kumkum, akshat, red or pink flowers (lotus is best), attar; bow to the Shri Yantra and the picture and chant 'Om Shreem Hreem Shreem Kamale Kamalalaye Prasida Prasida Shreem Hreem Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah' 11, 21 or 108 times; remember the eight names of Ashta Lakshmi; Shri Sukta or the Lakshmi stotra if possible.
6. Katha and aarti: read or hear the Vaibhav Lakshmi vrat katha (below — the story of Sheela); the aarti 'Om Jai Lakshmi Mata'; the offering — kheer (rice, milk, sugar, saffron) or a milk sweet; end with the Lakshmi stavan as in the booklet.
7. Prasad: kheer to everyone at home; kalash water to the Tulsi or plants; rice to the birds; keep the gold/silver object safely (the same object for the whole vrat).
8. Udyapan (11th/21st Friday): the same puja + invite 7 (or 11, 21) married women or girls, apply kumkum tilak, gift them the Vaibhav Lakshmi vrat booklet and kheer prasad (spreading the vrat is the essence of the udyapan); donate a Lakshmi picture, Shri Yantra or clothes as you can; coconut and chunri to Mata.

Puja samagri checklist

Shri Yantra, a gold or silver object, a copper kalash and kheer — the special list of Vaibhav Lakshmi.

• Picture or idol of Lakshmi (Dhana Lakshmi), Shri Yantra (picture/copper/silver), chauki, red-yellow cloth, asana
• Rice (for a fistful heap), copper or steel kalash (water), small bowl; gold or silver object — coin, ring, nose-ring, chain (or a silver/rupee coin)
• Panchamrit (milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar) and milk — to bathe the object; clean water, cloth
• Turmeric, kumkum, akshat, mauli, attar, rose water; red/pink/lotus flowers, garland
• Ghee lamp, incense, camphor, aarti plate, bell, conch
• Offering: kheer (rice, milk, sugar, saffron, cardamom) or milk sweets — peda, barfi; fruit, paan-supari, coconut
• The booklet 'Vaibhav Lakshmi Vrat Katha' (Gujarati/Hindi), Lakshmi aarti, Shri Sukta
• Udyapan: kumkum, booklets, kheer, coconut-chunri, dakshina for 7/11/21 married women; Lakshmi picture or Shri Yantra for donation (as one can)

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Vrat katha (the story)

The katha of Vaibhav Lakshmi (the story of Sheela): in a town lived a pious woman named Sheela, happily with her husband — both devoted to God, fond of charity. Then fortune turned — the husband fell into bad company and lost the family's wealth to gambling, drink and speculation; poverty, quarrels and the struggle for two meals a day entered the house. Sheela kept her patience and never gave up her prayers.

One afternoon a radiant old woman (Mother Lakshmi herself) came to her door; Sheela seated her with respect and told her sorrow. The old woman said — 'It is the fruit of karma, but there is a remedy: the Vaibhav Lakshmi vrat on Fridays — 11 or 21 Fridays, in the evening facing east, a kalash on a heap of rice, a gold or silver object on it, worship of the Shri Yantra and Lakshmi, kheer as the offering, katha and aarti; on completion distribute kumkum and the vrat booklet to seven married women.' Saying this, she vanished.

From the next Friday Sheela began the vrat with faith. No gold was left in the house, but she had her nose-ring — she washed it and worshipped with it. As twenty-one Fridays were completed, her husband's bad habits left him, his trade revived, the pawned house and jewellery came back, and Lakshmi dwelt in the home again. At the udyapan Sheela gave kumkum and the booklet to seven married women and spread the vrat — since then it has been kept in every home. The lesson — patience in hard times, 11 or 21 Fridays with faith, and telling others once the vrat is complete is the true udyapan.

Kheer as the offering, milk sweets; fruit or one meal

Vaibhav Lakshmi loves kheer (rice, milk, sugar, saffron) or a milk sweet — offered in the evening puja and shared as prasad. On the vrat day one takes fruit or one sattvic meal (salt is not forbidden — nor is sour food, unlike the Santoshi vrat); no onion, garlic, meat or alcohol.

• Offering: saffron kheer (basmati rice, full-cream milk, sugar or mishri, saffron, cardamom, almonds-raisins), milk peda, barfi, rabri, coconut laddoo; lotus seeds (makhana) in some homes
• Vrat meal: fruit and milk, sabudana khichdi or kheer, water-chestnut-flour puri, potato curry; or one plain sattvic meal (dal, rice, roti, vegetable) — as the family does
• Udyapan prasad: kheer and the booklet to the married women; Brahmin or kanya bhojan as one can — kheer, puri, vegetable
• Forbidden: meat, alcohol, onion, garlic; gossip or slander on the vrat day (a rule of Lakshmi's day)

Regional customs

A vrat that spread from Gujarat and Maharashtra — the custom is nearly the same everywhere; the differences lie in the language of the booklet, the number of married women and the offering.

Do's and don'ts

Frequently asked questions

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Also read: Santoshi Mata Friday vrat · Diwali — Lakshmi Puja · Dhanteras · Sharad Purnima (Kojagari Lakshmi) · Monday vrat

⚠️ This description follows the popular vrat booklet and folk belief; the custom of your own family and region comes first. The belief in gaining wealth is a matter of faith — effort and saving are needed along with the vrat; do not fast when unwell, do only the puja.

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