Kajari Teej 2025
The festival of Kajari Teej has great importance in Indian Sanatan culture, especially for married women. Named by various other names like Kajli Teej, Budhi Teej, and Satudi Teej, this festival is celebrated on the third day of the waning moon in Bhadrapada month. The motive of this fast is to perform prayer prays the long life of her husband and her marriage life full of happiness. Women are allowed to play traditional songs, dance, swing on decorated swings and express themselves in soulful Kajri songs. The festival is filled with culture and is celebrated with mirth in most parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, where it is a family celebration.
Kajari Teej 2025 Date and Shubh Muhurat: This year in 2025, Kajari Teej will be celebrated on August 12.
- Tritiya Tithi Start: 11 August at around 10:36 AM
- Tritiya Tithi End: 12 August at around 8:42 AM
The timings may vary as per local time, but according to most Panchang, these are considered accurate.
The Mythological Story of Kajari Teej
Teej Kajari Teej is not a festival of fasts and rituals, but it dynamically narrates the holy efforts of Goddess Parvati who was able to impress Lord Shiva with her determination, love, and spiritual power. Just like Savitri who brought her husband Satyavan back from Yama, in Kajari Teej we remember the determination and great penance performed by Parvati to win Lord Shiva as her consort. The origin of this vrat speaks of an age-old true fact that it is the faith, sacrifice, and dedication of a woman that can implore blessings, prosperity, and happiness to life. Women sit on a fast this day and worship Lord Shiva,Goddess Parvati, and the Moon for the long lives and good health of their husbands besides harmony in their married lives. This festival is a symbol of a woman’s devotion to her husband, emotional depth, and spiritual dedication.
The cultural side of Kajari Teej is just as enchanting as its spiritual core. Kajri songs become a voice for women’s emotions—echoing the ache of separation, the warmth of love, and the gentle beauty of the rains.
Worship method Ritual of Vrat Begins
Fast Start
· Women start preparations from the night of 11th August.
· In the morning, sattu is prepared by mixing barley, gram, wheat, rice. It is consumed only after the fast has been respectfully broken.
Puja Material
· A tiny pond-shaped space is crafted near the wall using cow dung and soil, lined with jaggery and ghee, and a sacred neem stick is planted close by.
· It is offered raw milk, water, diya, roli, akshat, mauli, mehendi, kajal, aroma etc.
Method of Worship:
1. Worshiping the Goddess: Offer roli rice, and put bindi marks with hands on the wall:
· Ring finger is used to apply mehendi, roli, and bindi as part of the sacred tradition.
· Kajal bindi is applied with index finger.
2. Clothes, fruits, and flowers are offered.
3. Roli, tika and laccha are secured.
4. Kajari songs are also sung as the swing is being played in the evening.
5. The fast is opened when the moon is sighted.
Method of opening the fast:
· If there is a fast without water and food, then the fast is broken after moon sighting.
· Pregnant women or women who are unable to fast due to health reasons can eat fruits.
What are the rules and precautions?
What to do:
· Fast with complete devotion in mind, word and deed.
· Put a neem twig on the platform made of cow dung on the wall of the house and worship it with reverence.
· Use milk and curd.
· Wear clean, green clothes on the day of the fast.
· Married women should wear her dresses.
· Let the celebration come alive with the charm of Kajri songs and the delight of decorated swings swaying in rhythm.
· With a devoted heart and fasting spirit, bow to the Moon and seek its blessings.
What not to do:
· Worship is prohibited during Rahukaal, so choose the auspicious time.
· Do not wear wet clothes.
· Do not argue or get angry with anyone.
· Maintain purity and simplicity in thoughts, food, and actions throughout the day of the fast.
· Make sure to follow the Nirjala fast with complete discipline—don’t eat or drink throughout the vow.
· Fasting should not be done without offering Arghya.
· Use brass, clay or copper utensils in worship.
Importance of Kajari
The fast of Kajari Teej was first performed by Mata Parvati with strong will power and hard penance to get Lord Shiva. That is why this fast is still considered a symbol of faith and love for women. Unmarried girls who observe a fast on this day with a true heart are blessed with a worthy and virtuous spouse. On the other hand, when married women observe this fast with reverence, the life of their husband is prolonged, the troubles in married life are removed and sweetness remains in the marital relationship.
It is believed that worshipping Maa Parvati and Lord Shiva on this day brings prosperity and happiness to the household. Women who fast with full devotion, the special grace of Shiva-Parvati always remains on them, which makes life happy and fortunate.
Mantras and Aarti
At the time of Mantra and Aarti Vrat, there is an atmosphere full of reverence and devotion, and in such a situation, the worship of Neemadi Mata is considered especially important. In the worship ritual, devotees offer roli and kajal, apply a tilak using Akshat (unbroken rice), and present milk along with fruits as a mark of devotion. It is these simple yet powerful mantras that attract the grace of the mother.
When devotees sing the aarti of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati during the fast, it not only purifies the surroundings but also brings inner peace and deep focus to the mind.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. How one can say that Kajari Teej is different from Hariyali Teej?
Both these teej are observed by females only and the basis of both is devoted Especially against Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva so then how and in what context these two are different. Well, the answer lies in their timing and theme. Hariali Teej is observed during the bright half of the Shravan month, and this basically symbolizes the beauty of love, nature’s fresh love, and new season, and the marriage relationship.However Kajari Teej falls in Krishna Paksha of the same month and hence its mode is more affiliated towards longing and separation as it is also celebration devotion. It is also held in honor of Moon which is rural basedincluding performances of Kajri folk songs and swings.
2. Can unmarried women fast?
Yes, unmarried girls can also keep the fast of Kajari Teej. On this special occasion, worshippers observe a vrat and bow with devotion before Lord Shiva and Maa Parvati.
3. What can pregnant women do?
Pregnant women can observe the fast keeping in mind their health. They can fast with devotion by taking fruits or light food and water without keeping a complete nirjala fast.
4. What are Kajari songs?
Folk songs about rain, separation and love that are sung especially while swinging.
5. Who is worshipped on the occasion of Kajari Teej?
On the occasion of Kajari Teej, people worship goddess Parvati, and god Shiva so that they may give their blessings for a prosperous and cheerful marriage life. Women also pray to the Moon for their husbands to live long. In some regions, people also worship a neem twig in the ceremonies feeling that it works like an amulet and medicine.
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