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Festivals and vrats · तुलसी विवाह

Tulsi Vivah

The ceremonial wedding of the tulsi plant to Vishnu, on Kartika Shukla Dwadashi.

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How the date is fixed

Tulsi Vivah falls on the twelfth day of the bright half of the lunar month Kartika (Shukla Dwadashi). The date is the day on which that tithi is running at pradosh, the twilight just after sunset.

About

Tulsi Vivah is kept on the twelfth tithi of the bright half of Kartika, the day after Devutthana Ekadashi, in November; some households perform it on the Ekadashi itself or on any day up to Kartika Purnima. The ceremony is held at dusk, so the day whose pradosh carries Dwadashi is chosen. Tulsi is married to a shaligram stone or an image of Vishnu with the full wedding rites. The day marks the opening of the wedding season after chaturmasa.

How it is observed

A mandap is set around the tulsi plant at dusk and the wedding rites performed, followed by a feast.

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