Friday 16 October
Shashthi · Mula
Rahu Kala 11:40 a.m. – 1:02 p.m. · Abhijit 12:40 p.m.
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Vrat Kathaव्रत कथा
The story of a vrata in chapters, with what to gather, how to keep it, and its aarti.
- Solah Somavara Vrat Kathaसोलह सोमवार व्रत कथाShiva · Adhyaya 1–3 · 20 minSixteen Mondays in a row, often begun in Shravana
- Savan Somavara Vrat Kathaसावन सोमवार व्रत कथाShiva · Adhyaya 1–4 · 20 minThe Mondays of Savan; or sixteen Mondays from the first Monday of a bright fortnight
- Vishvakarma Puja Kathaविश्वकर्मा पूजा कथाVedic · Adhyaya 1–2 · 12 minVishvakarma Puja — Kanya Sankranti, about 17 September each year (some keep Ashvina Krishna Chaturdashi); the katha’s own vrat is kept on Amavasya
- Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Kathaअहोई अष्टमी व्रत कथाDevi · Adhyaya 1–2 · 12 minKartika Krishna Ashtami · kept by mothers from sunrise until the stars or the moon are seen in the evening
- Karva Cauth Vrat Kathaकरवा चौथ व्रत कथाDevi · Adhyaya 1–3 · 15 minKartika Krishna Chaturthi (the Chaturthi at moonrise) · from before sunrise, about 4 a.m., until moonrise
- Shri Krishna Janmashtami Vrat Kathaश्रीकृष्ण जन्माष्टमी व्रत कथाKrishna · Adhyaya 1–7 · 30 minBhadrapada Krishna Ashtami · fast through the day, worship at midnight, break the fast after midnight
- Santoshi Mata Vrat Kathaसंतोषी माता व्रत कथाDevi · Adhyaya 1–3 · 15 minSixteen Fridays, for happiness and good fortune; the udyapana on the sixteenth
- Ekadashi Vrat Katha · Nirjala (Bhimaseni) Ekadashiएकादशी व्रत कथा · निर्जला एकादशीVishnu · Adhyaya 1–4 · 15 minEvery Ekadashi of both fortnights; Nirjala is Jyeshtha Shukla Ekadashi, sunrise to the next sunrise, broken on Dvadashi
- Sai Baba Vrat Kathaसाईं बाबा व्रत कथाGuru · Adhyaya 1–3 · 10 minNine Thursdays, begun on any Thursday · morning or evening; closed on the ninth
- Pradosha Vrat Kathaप्रदोष व्रत कथाShiva · Adhyaya 1–3 · 10 minTrayodashi of every fortnight · worship in pradosha kala, the twilight after sunset
- Soma Pradosha Vrat Kathaसोम प्रदोष व्रत कथाShiva · Adhyaya 1–2 · 8 minWhen Trayodashi (Pradosha) falls on a Monday · worship in the evening, in pradosha kala
- Ganesha Chaturthi Vrat Kathaगणेश चतुर्थी व्रत कथाGanesha · Adhyaya 1–3 · 10 minBhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, the Ganesha festival of nine days; and every Chaturthi
- Mahalakshmi Vrat Kathaमहालक्ष्मी व्रत कथाDevi · Adhyaya 1–2 · 8 minSixteen days from Bhadrapada Shukla Ashtami; arghya to the moon on the night of the sixteenth
- Mahashivaratri Vrat Kathaमहाशिवरात्रि व्रत कथाShiva · Adhyaya 1–5 · 20 minPhalguna Krishna Chaturdashi · fast by day; worship through the four praharas of the night, best in nishitha kala, around midnight
- Durga Ashtami Vrat Kathaदुर्गा अष्टमी व्रत कथाDevi · Adhyaya 1–2 · 10 minShukla Ashtami of every month, above all the Ashtami of Navaratri · puja in the morning, after bathing
- Buddha Purnima Vrat Kathaबुद्ध पूर्णिमा व्रत कथाVishnu · Adhyaya 1–3 · 8 minVaishakha Purnima · bath before sunrise and morning puja; the vrat is completed in the evening with darshana of the moon
- Hanuman (Mangalavara) Vrat Kathaहनुमान (मंगलवार) व्रत कथाHanuman · Adhyaya 1–3 · 10 minTwenty-one Tuesdays in a row · rise in brahma muhurta; worship in the morning
The words are the tradition’s; the meanings and the guidance are by Rajiv Bhargava, Ph.D.
