Vratas of the Lunar Days

A year-long vrata in which Devī Gaurī is worshipped on the Śukla Tṛtīyā of each month by her sixteen names, taught by Bhagavān Śiva to Pārvatī.

A twelve-month vrata of Bhagavān Śiva on every Śukla Trayodaśī from Mārgaśīrsha to Kārtika, ending with a gold image of Anaṅga and Rati.

A twelve-month vrata of Pārvatī and Bhagavān Śiva on a Śukla Tṛtīyā, with fifteen paired names, white flowers, rangoli designs and a closing dāna.

The vratas of the eighth lunar day, Ashṭamī, for Devī Bhavānī through the months, and the great Kṛshṇa Janmāshṭamī of Śrāvaṇa Bāhula Ashṭamī.

Aṅgāraka Caturthi is a caturthi that falls on a Tuesday, kept for Bhagavān Gaṇeśa together with Maṅgala (Aṅgāraka, Mars), as the Gaṇeśa Purāṇa teaches.

The vratas kept on the fourteenth lunar day (Caturdaśī) through the twelve months, with Bhagavān Śiva as the main deva, as taught in the Nārada Purāṇa.

Sanātana Maharshi's teaching in the Nārada Purāṇa on the Caturthī vratas of Gaṇapati through the twelve months, with their rites, dāna and phala.

The vratas of the tenth lunar day, Daśamī, through the twelve months: Gaṅgā Daśaharā, Daśāvatāra vrata, Vijayadaśamī and the vrata of the fourteen Yamas.

Sanātana Maharshi's teaching in the Nārada Purāṇa on the Dvitīyā vratas of the twelve months, including Yama Dvitīyā, with their rites and phala.

The monthly Caturthi fast and pūjā of Bhagavān Gaṇeśa, taught by Bhagavān Śiva in the Śiva Purāṇa, with dūrvā, patra, Bālacandra pūjā and an udyāpana after a year.

The Kālāshṭamī Vrata is a year-long vrata to Bhagavān Śiva, begun on the dark ashṭamī of Śrāvaṇa with Mṛgaśirā, as the Vāmana Purāṇa teaches it.

The vrata for the birth of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa at midnight on Ashṭamī, with the Sūtikā-gṛha, the pūjā mantras and the phala, as the Purāṇas give it.

A year-long vrata on the Kṛshṇa-paksha Ashṭamī of each month, worshipping Parameśvara by twelve nāmas of Bhagavān Śiva, taught in the Matsya Purāṇa.

The vratas of the ninth lunar day, Navamī, for Devī in her many forms through the twelve months, including Rāma Navamī, Mahā-navamī and Akshaya Navamī.

Sanātana Maharshi's teaching in the Nārada Purāṇa on the Pañcamī vratas: Nāga Pañcamī, Ṛshi Pañcamī, Śrī Pañcamī, Matsya Jayantī, Jayā Vrata and more.

Sanātana Maharshi teaches Nārada the vratas of Pratipat, the first lunar tithi, and the Caitra Śukla Pratipat on which Brahmā made the jagat.

The vratas of the full-moon (Pūrṇimā) and new-moon (Amāvāsyā) days in all twelve months, as taught by Sanātana Maharshi in the Nārada Purāṇa.

A twelve-month vrata of Devī on every Śukla Tṛtīyā from Mārgaśīrsha to Kārtika, declared by Brahmā to Nārada and named after the apsarā Rambhā.

A twelve-month vrata kept from Māgha Śukla Tṛtīyā, in which Devī Pārvatī is worshipped under twenty-two names, taught by Parameśvara to Pārvatī.

The vratas of Saptamī, the seventh lunar day, offered to Bhagavān Sūrya: the eight-petal lotus pūjā, the Gaṅgā, Nimba and Avyaṅga vratas, and seven Saptamīs.

The Saṅkashṭa Caturthi Vrata is the monthly fast and pūjā of Bhagavān Gaṇeśa on the kṛshṇa caturthi, ending with water offered to the moon at moonrise.

The vratas of the sixth lunar day, Shashṭhī, kept in honour of Kārttikeya through the months, as Sanātana Maharshi teaches them in the Nārada Purāṇa.

Sixty vratas taught by Nandikeśvara to Nārada, first spoken by Rudra, each with its timing, rules, dāna and phala, from the Matsya Purāṇa.

A year-long vrata on both Caturdaśīs of every month from Mārgaśīrsha, taught by Nandikeśvara to Nārada in the Matsya Purāṇa, ending with Umā-Maheśvara dāna.

The Saptamī vratas of Bhagavān Sūrya in the Bhavishya Purāṇa: Ratha Saptamī, Vijaya, Rahasya, Siddhārtha and many more, with their rites and phala.

The vratas kept on each lunar day (tithi), each with its deva, fast, pūjā and phala, with Bhīshma Pañcaka, Janmāshṭamī and the Śravaṇa-dvādaśī.

The vratas kept on the thirteenth lunar day (Trayodaśī) in each of the twelve months, as taught by Sanātana Maharshi in the Nārada Purāṇa.

Sanātana Maharshi's teaching in the Nārada Purāṇa on the Tṛtīyā vratas of Gaurī, including Akshaya Tṛtīyā and the Hariṭalikā Vrata, with their rites and phala.

The Varada Gaṇapati Vrata is a month-long pūjā of Bhagavān Gaṇeśa from Śrāvaṇa śukla caturthi to Bhādrapada śukla caturthi, taught by Bhagavān Śiva to Skanda.

The Vaṭa-Sāvitrī Vrata is kept by a woman on Jyeshṭha amāvāsyā, worshipping Sāvitrī at the root of the banyan, as the Agni Purāṇa teaches.