Mangalagaur 2027: All Five Tuesdays and the Puja

Shravan 2027 has five Tuesdays, so newly married women have five Mangalagaur pujas this year: 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 August. The puja is done every Shravan Tuesday for the first five years after marriage.

Mangalagaur 2027 dates

The puja

Mangalagaur is a form of Gauri. The bride sets up a small idol or a silver mask of Gauri on a decorated chaurang, and does the shodashopachar puja with the help of an older woman or the family priest. Sixteen kinds of leaves (patri), flowers, haldi-kunku and an offering of puranpoli or another sweet are used. In the first year, the bride's mother usually sends the puja items, and five or more married friends are invited as savashna.

The night of games

After the puja the women stay up through the night playing traditional games: fugdi, zimma, kombda, saasu-sun (mother-in-law and daughter-in-law songs) and nach ga ghuma. Many groups now perform these games on stage, and some cities hold Mangalagaur competitions. The games are tiring by design, since staying awake is part of the vrat.

Shravan 2027

The Shravan Mondays, Nag Panchami and Pola are in Shravan 2027. Raksha Bandhan is covered in Raksha Bandhan 2027 and Gokulashtami in Gokulashtami 2027. Daily panchang is on the August 2027 Marathi calendar.

Every month of the year, with daily tithi and festivals, is on the Marathi Calendar 2027 page.