Tulsi name mantra
ॐ श्री तुलस्यै नमः
Om Shri Tulasyai Namah
Meaning: Om, salutation to the revered Tulsi.
When and how: With each offering to Tulsi during the vivah, and 11 or 108 times on a tulsi mala.
Shukla paksha · Kartika · amanta reckoning
When is Tulsi Vivah 2026?
Sat, 21 Nov
Tulsi Vivah 2026 is on Saturday, 21 November. The vivah is performed in the evening; the muhurat in New Delhi is 5:25 PM to 8:06 PM.
2027: Thursday, 11 November 2027
Tulsi Vivah muhurat (evening)
5:25 PM – 8:06 PM
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| Timing | New Delhi | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Tulsi Vivah muhurat (evening) | 5:25 PM to 8:06 PM | Pradosh, the evening window after sunset, while Dwadashi runs. |
Tulsi Vivah is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 12 of Kartika in the amanta reckoning, and the Gregorian day it lands on moves by up to a month between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year.
- Tithi
- Dwadashi, Shukla paksha
- Lunar month
- Kartika (amanta)
- Tithi begins
- 21 Nov, 6:32 AM
- Tithi ends
- 22 Nov, 4:57 AM
- Decided at
- Sunrise
- Sunrise in New Delhi
- 21 Nov, 6:48 AM
Sunrise in New Delhi falls at 6:48 AM on that day, and that is the instant the tithi has to be running at for the day to carry the observance. It is computed for this city rather than assumed, because it is what decides the date.
The two instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute. The day is an interpretation of them: this observance is decided at sunrise, so it belongs to the day whose sunrise the tithi carries — not simply to the day the tithi begins.
Tulsi Vivah is the ceremonial marriage of the Tulsi plant to Lord Vishnu in his Shaligram form, performed in Kartika after Vishnu wakes on Dev Uthani (Prabodhini) Ekadashi. This page dates it on Kartika Shukla Dwadashi, the day after Dev Uthani Ekadashi.
- Many households, and AstroSage's dated Tulsi Vivah pages, keep it on Dwadashi; others perform it on Dev Uthani Ekadashi itself, the evening Vishnu is woken. Both are traditional, and the Dev Uthani page gives that day.
- The ceremony is held in the evening, so the muhurat above is pradosh kaal — the twilight after sunset — while Dwadashi is still running.
- It opens the season of Hindu weddings that the four months of Chaturmas set aside; some families continue Tulsi puja until Kartik Purnima.
Tulsi Vivah is the ceremonial wedding of the tulsi plant, worshipped as the goddess Tulsi (Vrinda), to Vishnu in his Shaligram form, held after Vishnu wakes on Dev Uthani Ekadashi; with it the season of weddings opens. In New Delhi it falls on Saturday, 21 November 2026, and the evening vivah muhurat, pradosh kaal while Dwadashi runs, is: 5:25 PM to 8:06 PM.
| Muhurat | Time in New Delhi | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Tulsi Vivah muhurat (evening) | 5:25 PM to 8:06 PMPradosh kaal after sunset while Dwadashi runs. | Pradosh kaal, the first part of the night after sunset, while Dwadashi runs: the time North Indian panchangs give for the vivah, since a wedding is held at dusk. In a year when Dwadashi has ended before sunset this row is empty, and families follow their own custom: many hold the vivah on the evening of Dev Uthani Ekadashi, when Dwadashi has already begun, and others on any evening up to Kartik Purnima. |
| Pradosh Kaal | 5:25 PM to 8:06 PMFrom sunset for three night muhurtas (a fifth of the night). | The whole evening window after sunset, before it is cut to Dwadashi. The vivah, the pheras or mangalashtak and the aarti all fit into it. |
| Sunset | 5:25 PMThe upper edge of the Sun leaving the horizon. | Godhuli, the hour of dusk when cattle come home, is the traditional wedding hour of North India. Light the lamps at the tulsi and begin the ceremony around sunset in New Delhi. |
| Auspicious choghadiya (evening) |
| The evening's Labh, Shubh and Amrit choghadiyas. Families who time the kanyadaan, the pheras or the mangalashtak by choghadiya pick one of these. |
| Auspicious choghadiya (day) |
| For a daytime ceremony, when Dwadashi ends early or the family cannot gather in the evening, choose one of the day's Amrit, Shubh, Labh or Chal choghadiyas while Dwadashi lasts. |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:45 AM to 12:28 PMThe 8th of the day's fifteen muhurtas, around local noon. | The midday muhurta panchangs treat as auspicious for most rites, useful for a daytime vivah while Dwadashi lasts. There is no Abhijit on a Wednesday. |
Auspicious windows that day
| Window | Time in New Delhi | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:45 AM to 12:28 PM | Auspicious |
| Amrit Kaal | 3:36 AM to 5:09 AM | Most Auspicious |
| Brahma Muhurat | 5:01 AM to 5:54 AM | Auspicious |
Windows usually worked around
These are the spans classical muhurta sets aside for beginnings. They are descriptions of a convention, not warnings: the observance is kept on its day regardless, and nothing here needs to be bought, corrected or remedied.
| Window | Time in New Delhi |
|---|---|
| Rahu Kaal | 9:27 AM to 10:47 AM |
| Yamaganda Kaal | 1:26 PM to 2:46 PM |
| Durmuhurta First | 6:48 AM to 7:30 AM |
| Durmuhurta Second | 7:30 AM to 8:13 AM |
| Varjyam | 6:23 PM to 7:55 PM |
Every time above is computed for New Delhi around Saturday, 21 November 2026, from the sunrise, sunset and the positions of the Sun and Moon for this city. The Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a window whose clock time falls after midnight still belongs to the evening before; a time on another date carries that date.
Prepare during the day
The host family, often the couple who will give Tulsi in kanyadaan, eat lightly or keep a fast until the ceremony. Clean the courtyard or balcony, wash and paint the tulsi pot (the tulsi vrindavan) and make a rangoli around it.
Build the mandap
Tie four sugarcane stalks into a canopy over the tulsi pot with mauli and decorate it with marigold strings, mango leaves and a toran.
Dress Tulsi as a bride
Wrap the plant or its pot in a red chunari and offer the suhag items: bangles, bindi, sindoor, mehendi, kajal, a comb and a small mirror. In Maharashtra a small black-bead mangalsutra is offered as well. Keep the decorations light; the plant is alive.
Prepare the groom
Bathe the Shaligram, or a Vishnu or Krishna idol, in water and panchamrit, dress it in yellow, apply sandalwood and seat it on a small chowki beside the tulsi. In many homes he arrives in a little procession, carried by a member of the family with music.
Ganesh, kalash and sankalp
At the muhurat light a ghee lamp, worship Ganesh, set up a kalash with mango leaves and a coconut, and take the sankalp of Tulsi Vivah with water, rice and a flower in your right hand.
Worship the bride and the groom
Offer water, roli, sandalwood, rice, flowers and a garland to Tulsi, chanting Om Shri Tulasyai Namah. Offer sandalwood, tulsi leaves picked earlier, yellow flowers and a garland to the Shaligram with Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. Exchange the two garlands as the varmala.
Kanyadaan and gathbandhan
The host couple give Tulsi in kanyadaan to the Lord, placing the end of her chunari or a tulsi sprig in the groom's hand with water, and tie a knot (gathbandhan) between the chunari and the groom's yellow cloth.
Pheras or mangalashtak
In North India a member of the family carries the Shaligram round the tulsi seven times while the women sing mangal geet. In Maharashtra the mangalashtaks are sung with an antarpat, a cloth, held between the bride and the groom, and akshata are showered on them at the end.
Bhog
Offer the season's produce, sugarcane, singhara, amla, ber and sweet potato, with sweets and a festive dish such as kheer, halwa or puri, and paan with supari.
Aarti
Sing the Tulsi aarti and then Om Jai Jagdish Hare with a ghee lamp or camphor, go round the tulsi, and ask pardon for any lapse in the rite.
Prasad and the bride's things
Share the prasad with family and neighbours. The suhag items offered to Tulsi are customarily given to a married woman of the neighbourhood or to the family priest.
After the wedding
Keep the lamp at the tulsi burning safely through the evening, and light one there every evening until Kartik Purnima.
- The tulsi plant in its pot Your household tulsi; a healthy plant, not a dried one. A new plant may be bought for the occasion.
- Shaligram, or a Vishnu or Krishna idol The groom. Families without a Shaligram use a small idol or picture of Vishnu or Krishna.
- Sugarcane stalks Four, for the mandap; more for the bhog.
- Red chunari The bride's veil; any red or pink cloth with a border.
- Suhag items Bangles, bindi, sindoor, mehendi, kajal, a comb and a mirror; a small black-bead mangalsutra in Maharashtra.
- Yellow cloth for the groom A small dhoti or a piece of yellow cloth.
- Two small garlands For the varmala, one for each.
- Chowki and a cloth To seat the Shaligram beside the tulsi.
- Kalash, mango leaves and a coconut For the kalash puja at the start.
- Roli, haldi, sandalwood and akshat For tilak and the offerings; sandalwood for the Shaligram.
- Mauli (kalava) To tie the mandap and for the gathbandhan.
- Flowers and marigold strings For decoration and the offerings.
- Tulsi leaves picked earlier For the Shaligram; picked in the morning or the day before, never after sunset.
- Panchamrit and Ganga jal To bathe the Shaligram and purify the place.
- Ghee lamps, cotton wicks and camphor For the puja and the aarti; a lamp at the tulsi for the evening.
- Incense Any you use daily.
- Season's produce Singhara, amla, ber, sweet potato and guava; tamarind and ber in Maharashtra.
- Sweets and a festive dish Kheer, halwa, puri or the family's wedding sweet.
- Paan, supari, cloves and cardamom Offered after the bhog.
- An antarpat cloth and akshata For the Maharashtrian mangalashtak: a cloth held between the couple and rice grains to shower.
- Rangoli colours or rice flour For the rangoli around the tulsi.
- Dakshina A coin or a note offered with the kanyadaan, given afterwards to the priest or someone in need.
Verse for offering water to Tulsi
महाप्रसादजननी सर्वसौभाग्यवर्धिनी ।
आधिव्याधिहरा नित्यं तुलसि त्वं नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
Mahaprasada-janani sarva-saubhagya-vardhini
Adhi-vyadhi-hara nityam Tulasi tvam namo'stu te
Meaning: Mother of the great prasad, who increases every good fortune and ever takes away the troubles of mind and body: Tulsi, salutation to you.
When and how: A verse used in Tulsi puja (its older source is not known): say it while pouring water at the root of the tulsi before the vivah, and every morning of Kartika.
Tulsi Namashtakam (the eight names)
वृन्दा वृन्दावनी विश्वपूजिता विश्वपावनी ।
पुष्पसारा नन्दिनी च तुलसी कृष्णजीवनी ॥
एतन्नामाष्टकं चैव स्तोत्रं नामार्थसंयुतम् ।
यः पठेत्तां च सम्पूज्य सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत् ॥
Vrinda Vrindavani Vishvapujita Vishvapavani
Pushpasara Nandini cha Tulasi Krishnajivani
Etan namashtakam chaiva stotram namartha-samyutam
Yah pathet tam cha sampujya so'shvamedha-phalam labhet
Meaning: Vrinda, Vrindavani, worshipped by the world, purifier of the world, essence of flowers, Nandini, Tulasi and Krishnajivani, the life of Krishna. Whoever worships her and recites this hymn of eight names with their meaning gains the merit of an Ashvamedha.
When and how: The eight names of Tulsi, as the Devi Bhagavata gives them (book 9, chapter 25); the Brahmavaivarta Purana has the same names. recite it during the pheras or before the aarti, once or three times.
Vishnu dvadashakshari mantra
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Meaning: Om, salutation to the Lord Vasudeva; the twelve-syllable mantra Narada teaches Dhruva in the Bhagavata Purana.
When and how: While worshipping the Shaligram, the groom, 11 or 108 times.
Aarti Tulsi Mata Aarti: Jai Jai Tulsi Mata the full text
जय जय तुलसी माता, मैया जय तुलसी माता।
सब जग की सुख दाता, सबकी वर माता॥
जय तुलसी माता॥
सब योगों से ऊपर, सब रोगों से ऊपर।
रज से रक्षा करके, सबकी भव त्राता॥
जय तुलसी माता॥
बटु पुत्री है श्यामा, सूर बल्ली है ग्राम्या।
विष्णुप्रिय जो नर तुमको सेवे, सो नर तर जाता॥
जय तुलसी माता॥
हरि के शीश विराजत, त्रिभुवन से हो वंदित।
पतित जनों की तारिणी, तुम हो विख्याता॥
जय तुलसी माता॥
लेकर जन्म विजन में, आई दिव्य भवन में।
मानव लोक तुम्हीं से, सुख-संपति पाता॥
जय तुलसी माता॥
हरि को तुम अति प्यारी, श्याम वर्ण सुकुमारी।
प्रेम अजब है उनका, तुमसे कैसा नाता॥
जय तुलसी माता॥
जय जय तुलसी माता, मैया जय तुलसी माता।
सब जग की सुख दाता, सबकी वर माता॥
Jai jai Tulsi Mata, maiya jai Tulsi Mata.
Sab jag ki sukh data, sabki var mata.
Jai Tulsi Mata.
Sab yogon se upar, sab rogon se upar.
Raj se raksha karke, sabki bhav trata.
Jai Tulsi Mata.
Batu putri hai Shyama, soor balli hai gramya.
Vishnupriya jo nar tumko seve, so nar tar jata.
Jai Tulsi Mata.
Hari ke sheesh virajat, tribhuvan se ho vandit.
Patit janon ki tarini, tum ho vikhyata.
Jai Tulsi Mata.
Lekar janm vijan mein, aayi divya bhavan mein.
Manav lok tumhin se, sukh-sampati pata.
Jai Tulsi Mata.
Hari ko tum ati pyari, shyam varn sukumari.
Prem ajab hai unka, tumse kaisa nata.
Jai Tulsi Mata.
Jai jai Tulsi Mata, maiya jai Tulsi Mata.
Sab jag ki sukh data, sabki var mata.
Text as it is commonly sung. This aarti is not in the Gita Press Aarti Sangrah, and printings differ; the older printing linked here opens 'jai Tulsi Mata, jai Tulsi Mata, sab jag sukh ki data, var data', reads 'ruj se raksha karke', protecting from illness, for 'raj se raksha karke', and has 'bahu patri hai Shyam, shar balli hai gramya' for 'batu putri hai Shyama, soor balli hai gramya'. Printed text
The katha
The Shiva Purana and the Padma Purana tell of Jalandhara, a mighty asura king born from the fire of Shiva's anger, which Shiva had cast into the ocean. His wife Vrinda was so devoted to him that her faithfulness was his shield: while she kept her vow, no one could defeat him, not even the gods.
In the telling most families know, when Jalandhara made war on Shiva, Vishnu went to Vrinda in Jalandhara's likeness to end it; her vow was broken and Jalandhara fell in battle. When Vrinda learnt how she had been deceived, she cursed Vishnu to become a stone, and he took the form of the Shaligram, the black stone of the Gandaki river. Vrinda then gave up her life, and where her ashes lay the tulsi plant grew. In the Shiva Purana her curse is different: that Vishnu too would be parted from his wife, which is remembered in Sita's abduction.
Moved by her devotion, Vishnu declared that she would be worshipped as Tulsi, dearest to him, that no offering to him would be complete without her leaves, and that as the Shaligram he would marry her every year. That wedding is Tulsi Vivah, held after he wakes on Dev Uthani Ekadashi.
The Brahmavaivarta Purana tells the story with other names: Tulasi, daughter of King Dharmadhvaja, is married to the asura Shankhachuda, and Vishnu's boon makes her the tulsi plant and the Gandaki river, with Vishnu himself present as the Shaligram stone on its bank.
Why it is kept
The tulsi stands in the courtyard of many Hindu homes and is worshipped daily with water and a lamp; Vishnu is said to accept no naivedya without her leaves. Marrying her to the Shaligram joins the household's daily devotion to Vishnu at the start of the year's wedding season, which traditionally opens with Dev Uthani Ekadashi and Tulsi Vivah.
Tradition holds that giving Tulsi in kanyadaan carries the merit of giving a daughter in marriage, so couples without a daughter often host the ceremony, and Vrinda's devotion is remembered as the ideal of faithfulness. The season of Tulsi Vivah runs from Dev Uthani Ekadashi to Kartik Purnima, the last days of the holy month of Kartika.
A lamp at the tulsi through Kartika
Light a ghee lamp at the tulsi every evening of Kartika and on the vivah night; it is the simplest and most widely kept custom of the month.
Tulsi kanyadaan
Couples without a daughter traditionally host Tulsi Vivah and give Tulsi in kanyadaan, which tradition counts as the merit of giving a daughter in marriage.
A prayer for a good marriage
Unmarried women and men take part in the vivah and pray for a good partner, and newly married couples attend it together; it is a prayer kept by custom, not a promise of any outcome.
Give the bride's things to a married woman
By custom, the bangles, bindi and chunari offered to Tulsi are given to a married woman of the neighbourhood, a way of sharing the blessing of the wedding.
Recite the eight names
Recite the Tulsi Namashtakam at the vivah; families keep it as a hymn of gratitude to the plant that sanctifies the home.
Plant or gift a tulsi
Many families plant a new tulsi in Kartika or give one as a gift. A healthy tulsi in the courtyard is valued in every tradition of Vishnu worship.
Do
- Hold the vivah in the evening while Dwadashi runs, or on your family's customary evening between Ekadashi and Kartik Purnima.
- Dress the tulsi as a bride and the Shaligram as the groom, and build a sugarcane mandap.
- Worship Ganesh first and take a sankalp before the kanyadaan.
- Pick the tulsi leaves for the Shaligram in the morning or the day before.
- Offer the season's produce: sugarcane, singhara, amla and ber.
- Share prasad with neighbours and give the suhag items to a married woman.
- Keep a lamp at the tulsi every evening until Kartik Purnima.
Don't
- Do not pluck tulsi leaves after sunset, or on the days your family avoids, such as Ekadashi and Sunday.
- Do not offer tulsi leaves to Ganesh.
- Do not use a dried or dead tulsi for the vivah; immerse it respectfully and bring a fresh plant.
- Do not load the plant with heavy decorations or put a lamp right under its leaves; the plant is alive.
- Do not quarrel or speak harshly on the wedding evening.
- Do not leave lamps unattended near the chunari, the sugarcane mandap or curtains.
By region
- Maharashtra
- Tulshi Vivah is held on an evening between Kartiki Ekadashi and Kartik Purnima, most often on Dwadashi, with the mangalashtaks sung over an antarpat, akshata showered at the end and sugarcane, amla, tamarind and ber offered. Family weddings are traditionally fixed only after it.
- Gujarat
- Tulsi Vivah is a full wedding, with a decorated mandap, the Lord's procession with music and the family's wedding songs; many housing societies and temples hold it together.
- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
- On the Ekadashi or the Dwadashi evening, as the family's custom is, with the Shaligram carried round the tulsi seven times, a sugarcane mandap and the women's mangal geet.
- Karnataka
- Tulasi Habba on Utthana Dwadashi: a branch of the amla tree is set in the tulasi katte as Vishnu, and the plant is worshipped with lamps at dusk.
- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
- Kshirabdi Dwadashi: tulasi is worshipped with an amla branch and rows of lamps in the evening, remembering the Lord's coming from the ocean of milk.
- ISKCON and Vaishnava temples
- Tulasi and Shaligram, or Tulasi and Krishna, are wed with kirtan, often with the deity carried in procession round the tulasi.
Bhog, prasad and fasting food
- Sugarcane The mandap and the bhog; shared as prasad after the vivah.
- Singhara, amla and ber The season's fruit offered to the couple; amla is closely tied to Kartika worship.
- Sweet potato Boiled or roasted, part of the bhog in North India.
- Kheer or halwa-puri The festive dish of the wedding meal.
- Panchamrit From the Shaligram's bath, shared as prasad.
- Wedding sweets Laddoo, peda or the family's own wedding sweet, shared with neighbours.
Two years back, this year, and two ahead. Past years are kept rather than dropped so you can check the engine against a calendar you already have.
| Year | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wednesday, 13 November 2024 | past |
| 2025 | Sunday, 2 November 2025 | past |
| 2026This year | Saturday, 21 November 2026 | upcoming |
| 2027 | Thursday, 11 November 2027 | upcoming |
| 2028 | Sunday, 29 October 2028 | upcoming |
Every row is computed for New Delhi from the same ephemeris, not looked up. Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by more than an hour, so a date computed for Delhi can be a day out elsewhere.
There is no single authority that settles a Hindu festival date, and the divergence is genuine rather than sloppy. Three causes account for almost all of it.
- A tithi rarely starts at sunrise. One that is running at the deciding moment on two days — or on none — is claimed by both days under different rules.
- Month reckoning. North India runs purnimanta, the south and west amanta. The same dark fortnight carries different month names in the two, so an observance defined as "krishna X of month Y" can land a full lunation apart.
- Which moment decides. Most vratas belong to the day whose sunrise carries the tithi, but not all: this one is decided at sunrise. Almanacs that apply the sunrise rule to everything move several festivals by a day.
So this page shows its working. If your pandit or your family almanac gives a different day, the instants above will usually show you exactly why — and that is more useful than a date asserted without one.
Common questions
When is Tulsi Vivah?
In New Delhi, Tulsi Vivah 2026 falls on Saturday, 21 November 2026, Kartika Shukla Dwadashi, the day after Dev Uthani Ekadashi. Dwadashi runs 6:32 AM to 4:57 AM (22 Nov). The vivah is usually held in the evening while Dwadashi runs; in a year when it ends before sunset, many families hold it on the Ekadashi evening instead, and others on another evening up to Kartik Purnima, following their own custom.
Why does another calendar give a different Tulsi Vivah date?
Three honest reasons. The tithi can be running at the deciding moment on two days or on none. North India reckons the month purnimanta and the south and west amanta, which names the same krishna fortnight differently. And almanacs differ on which moment of the day decides an observance. The instants above are the astronomy; the day is an interpretation of them.
What is the Tulsi Vivah muhurat in New Delhi?
The evening vivah muhurat in New Delhi, pradosh kaal while Dwadashi runs, is: 5:25 PM to 8:06 PM. Families who time the pheras or the mangalashtak by choghadiya can use the evening's Labh, Shubh or Amrit choghadiya (Labh: 5:25 PM to 7:06 PM; Shubh: 8:46 PM to 10:26 PM; Amrit: 10:26 PM to 12:07 AM (22 Nov); Chal: 22 Nov, 12:07 AM to 1:47 AM; Labh: 22 Nov, 5:08 AM to 6:48 AM). If Dwadashi ends before sunset in a year, choose a daytime choghadiya while it lasts, or follow your family's custom of another evening.
Is Tulsi Vivah on Ekadashi or on Dwadashi?
Both customs exist. Many panchangs place it on Dwadashi, the day after Dev Uthani Ekadashi, in the evening. Many families hold it on the Ekadashi evening, when Dwadashi has often already begun, as in Saurashtra in Gujarat and in many North Indian homes; in Maharashtra it is held mostly on Dwadashi. The season of Tulsi Vivah runs up to Kartik Purnima. Follow your family's custom; the Dwadashi window for your city is computed above.
How is Tulsi Vivah done at home?
Decorate the tulsi pot with rangoli and a sugarcane mandap, dress the tulsi as a bride in a red chunari and the Shaligram as the groom in yellow. At the evening muhurat worship Ganesh, take a sankalp, worship both, exchange garlands, give Tulsi in kanyadaan and tie the gathbandhan, then carry the Shaligram round the tulsi seven times or sing the mangalashtak. Offer the bhog, sing the aarti and share prasad.
What is the story of Tulsi Vivah?
In the popular telling, Vrinda, wife of the asura king Jalandhara, was so devoted that her faithfulness protected him. To end his war on Shiva, Vishnu went to her in Jalandhara's likeness; her vow broke and Jalandhara fell. Vrinda cursed Vishnu to become a stone, the Shaligram, and gave up her life; the tulsi grew where her ashes lay, and Vishnu promised to marry her every year as the Shaligram. The full katha is above.
Who is Tulsi married to in Tulsi Vivah?
To Vishnu in his Shaligram form, the sacred black stone of the Gandaki river. Families without a Shaligram use a small idol or picture of Vishnu or Krishna as the groom, and in Krishna temples and ISKCON she is wed to Krishna.
What samagri is needed for Tulsi Vivah?
The tulsi plant, a Shaligram or Vishnu idol, four sugarcane stalks for the mandap, a red chunari and suhag items for the bride, a yellow cloth for the groom, two garlands, a kalash with mango leaves and a coconut, roli, sandalwood, akshat, mauli, flowers, panchamrit, ghee lamps, camphor, the season's produce and sweets. The full list with substitutes is above.
Which mantra is chanted in Tulsi Vivah?
Om Shri Tulasyai Namah with each offering to Tulsi, and Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya for the Shaligram. The Tulsi Namashtakam, her eight names from the Brahmavaivarta Purana, is recited during the pheras, and the verse Mahaprasada-janani is said while offering her water. All are in the mantra section with their meaning.
Which aarti is sung at Tulsi Vivah?
The Tulsi Mata aarti, Jai Jai Tulsi Mata, is sung first, followed by Om Jai Jagdish Hare for the Lord, with a ghee lamp or camphor. Maharashtrian families also sing their Marathi aartis. The full text of the Tulsi aarti is given above.
What is the mangalashtak in Tulsi Vivah?
In Maharashtra, Tulsi Vivah follows the Marathi wedding: the mangalashtaks, eight-verse wedding blessings, are sung while a cloth called the antarpat is held between the tulsi and the groom. At the last verse the cloth is lowered and everyone showers akshata on the couple. Families use the same mangalashtaks they sing at their own weddings.
What rangoli is made for Tulsi Vivah?
The rangoli is drawn around the tulsi pot and at the entrance: a tulsi vrindavan, a kalash, a swastika, lotuses, a pair of feet, sugarcane, or a bride and groom motif, in rice flour, coloured powder or flowers. In Maharashtra the bold Sanskar Bharti style is popular. Keep the rangoli clear of the lamps.
What is the last day for Tulsi Vivah?
The season of Tulsi Vivah runs from Dev Uthani Ekadashi to Kartik Purnima, so the full moon of Kartika is the last day on which families hold it. The panchang day is Dwadashi, Saturday, 21 November 2026 in New Delhi; many families choose it, and many others keep the Ekadashi evening.
Can Tulsi Vivah be done in the morning or on a Sunday?
Yes. The ceremony follows the tithi, not the weekday, and an evening at dusk is the custom rather than a rule; when Dwadashi ends early, families perform it in the day while Dwadashi lasts. The folk custom of not plucking tulsi leaves on Sunday only means the leaves for the Shaligram are picked the day before.
Why is Tulsi Vivah celebrated?
It honours Vrinda's devotion and Vishnu's promise to marry her every year as the Shaligram, and it brings the household tulsi, worshipped daily, into a festival of its own. It also opens the wedding season after Chaturmas, and tradition holds that giving Tulsi in kanyadaan carries the merit of giving a daughter in marriage.
Can people get married on Tulsi Vivah day?
Tulsi Vivah opens the wedding season, and many communities treat the days from Dev Uthani Ekadashi onward as auspicious for weddings. A family wedding still needs its own vivah muhurat from the couple's charts; the site's Vivah Muhurat page lists the dates for your city.
Which songs are sung at Tulsi Vivah?
The women of the family sing their own wedding songs, mangal geet in Hindi, the mangalashtaks in Marathi and lagna geet in Gujarati, much as at a family wedding. They are folk songs passed down orally, so the words differ from family to family; any devotional song of Tulsi or Vishnu suits the evening.