Kevada Trij as it falls in 2090.

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Kevada Trij 2090

Sunday, 27 August 2090, in Ahmedabad

FestivalGujarati · Hindu

Hartalika Teej

Panchang on the day

August 2090Bhadrapad · Vikram 2146 Durmati

27

Sunday

Waxing Second

until 07:10

Virgo

  • પPa
  • ઠTha
  • ણNa
Sunrise
06:19
Sunset
19:02
Moonrise
08:12
Nakshatra
Uttara Phalguni
until 18:02
Yoga
Sadhya
until 23:36
Karana
Kaulava
until 07:10
  • Rahu Kalam 17:27 to 19:02
  • Yamaganda 12:41 to 14:16
  • Abhijit muhurat 12:15 to 13:06

Why this date

Bhadrapad Waxing Third, taken at sunrise

Runs from 27 Aug 07:10 IST to 28 Aug 03:45 IST.

This tithi is skipped: it begins and ends between two sunrises, so no day carries it. Shown on the day it begins.

In short

Kevada Trij is a festival observed according to the Hindu calendar. Its date and customary practices can vary by region and local Panchang.

The story

Kevada Trij is a Gujarati observance of the Hartalika tradition, dedicated to Shiva and Parvati on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya. In the best-known sacred story, Parvati resolves to marry Shiva through austerities. Her family considers a different match, and a close female companion secretly takes her into a forest so she can continue her worship undisturbed. Parvati fashions a symbol of Shiva from natural materials, offers flowers and leaves and perseveres through hardship.

Shiva responds to her devotion, accepts her chosen union and the story culminates in their marriage. The name Hartalika is traditionally explained through the friend carrying Parvati away; the Gujarati name Kevada Trij points to fragrant kevada flowers used in local worship. Regional retellings differ in the exact dialogue and sequence, so they should not be treated as proven biography.

Devotees offer flowers and prayers, recite the vrat-katha and seek harmony and well-being. Some women fast, with food and water restrictions varying widely. Harsh fasting is not suitable for everyone and should not be framed as compulsory. The sunrise Tritiya rule is a starting point; specific puja timing should follow the regional observance.

Why it matters

Kevada Trij is valued for devotion, family tradition and the spiritual or seasonal meaning attached to the day.

What people do

Married women keep it without food and, in the strict form, without water, through the day and the night. Kevda, which flowers in the monsoon and is refused to Shiva in one story and offered to him in this one, is put on the linga. The fast is broken the next morning.

Told differently elsewhere

Gujarati Hartalika-related observance on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya, distinguished by offering fragrant kevada flowers.

Questions people ask

When is Kevada Trij in 2090?
On Sunday, 27 August 2090 in India. Runs from 27 Aug 07:10 IST to 28 Aug 03:45 IST.
Why does the date change every year?
It is kept by the lunar calendar, so its day on the civil calendar moves from year to year.
Is the date the same everywhere?
Yes. It is kept everywhere on the day it falls on in India.

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