Kajari Teej 2026: Date, Muhurat and the Astrology Behind It

The tithi starts on the morning of 30 August, after sunrise. Festivals like this follow the udaya rule: the day on which the tithi is present at sunrise is the observance day. Sunrise on 31 August is at 5:59 AM, and Tritiya is still running then, so Monday, 31 August 2026 is the day. The tithi ends at 8:51 AM that morning, but the whole day is still treated as Kajari Teej.

Sunrise: 5:59 AM. Rahu kaal: 7:34 AM to 9:10 AM (1 hour 36 minutes). Abhijit muhurat: 11:56 AM to 12:47 PM (51 minutes). Sunset: 6:44 PM. Moonrise: 8:25 PM. Many families time the main puja away from Rahu kaal, and the Abhijit window is a widely used auspicious slot for worship. The moonrise time matters because the fast is traditionally concluded after sighting the moon, though customs vary.

Yes, the karana in the early morning is Vishti, the half-tithi traditionally called Bhadra, and it lasts until 8:52 AM, 31 August 2026. Since it overlaps Rahu kaal (7:34 AM to 9:10 AM), a practical approach is to start formal worship after 9:10 AM, for example in Abhijit muhurat. How strictly Bhadra is observed for a household puja differs by family.

The Moon is in Meen (Pisces) in Revati nakshatra, first pada, until 3:24 AM, 1 September 2026, while the Sun is in Singh (Leo). Revati, ruled by Mercury and presided over by Pushan, the nourishing guardian of travellers, is traditionally seen as gentle and protective, which suits a festival centred on marital well-being and family welfare. The yoga is Ganda until 1:51 AM, 1 September 2026, a yoga classical texts treat as less favourable for new beginnings, though it does not affect a festival fixed by the tithi. These are traditional associations, not predictions.

Kajari Teej is celebrated mainly in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, especially in the Mirzapur and Varanasi belt, where kajari folk songs of the monsoon give it its name. Married women traditionally fast for their husbands' well-being and unmarried girls for a good match, worshipping Goddess Parvati, often in the form linked with the neem tree (Neemdi Mata in parts of Rajasthan). Swings, mehendi, green bangles and group singing are common. Whether the fast is waterless, what is offered and when it ends differs by family and region, so follow your household tradition.

The festival timings above are the same for everyone in New Delhi, but how the Moon's passage through Meen and Revati sits with your own chart varies. Knowing your Moon sign helps you see which house this transit touches for you. Melooha can check how a period like this relates to your own birth chart.