Mangalvar (Tuesday) Hanuman Vrat — vrat katha & puja vidhi
The Mangalvar (Tuesday) vrat is a weekly fast for Hanuman, kept for devotion, strength and to ease difficulties. Devotees usually vow 21, 31 or 51 Tuesdays, wear red, worship Hanuman with red flowers and sindoor, listen to the katha, and eat simple fruit-and-milk food or one sattvic meal.
Updated Thursday, 29 October 2026
Next date
The next Mangalvar (Tuesday) Hanuman Vrat is on Tuesday, 3 November 2026 (in 5 days). All times are for New Delhi; your city can differ by a few minutes.
How we work it out
- How the date is found — Our Panchang engine finds the tithi from the real Sun and Moon and applies the vrat’s classical rule (the tithi at sunrise, at pradosh, at moonrise or at midnight) against New Delhi’s sunrise and sunset. These dates are checked against Drik Panchang’s New Delhi calendar.
Mangalvar (Tuesday) Hanuman Vrat — timings (New Delhi)
- Date: Tuesday, 3 November 2026
- Sunrise: 06:34
- Sunset: 17:35
Upcoming dates
- Tuesday, 3 November 2026: Mangalvar (Tuesday) Hanuman Vrat
in 5 days - Tuesday, 10 November 2026: Mangalvar (Tuesday) Hanuman Vrat
in 12 days - Tuesday, 17 November 2026: Mangalvar (Tuesday) Hanuman Vrat
in 19 days - Tuesday, 24 November 2026: Mangalvar (Tuesday) Hanuman Vrat
in 26 days
A gentle note
A vrat is about devotion, not perfection. If you miss a step, cannot find an item or need to eat, that is fine — do what you can with a sincere heart. Anyone unwell, pregnant, elderly or on regular medicines should keep a lighter fast or skip it, and check with a doctor. BornClock does not sell pujas or any items.
What the Mangalvar vrat is
A Tuesday fast dedicated to Hanuman. Drik Panchang describes it as kept for devotion, strength and inner power, and to help with obstacles, illness, fear of enemies, planetary troubles and mental stress.
The katha
A Brahmin couple had no children and longed for a child. Through their devotion and the Tuesday fast, by Hanuman’s grace, they were blessed with a son.
What you need
- Clean red clothes to wear, and a red cloth for the altar
- An image or yantra of Hanuman
- Red flowers, sindoor (chola — sindoor with jasmine oil) and tulsi leaves
- Jaggery, gram (chana), coconut and laddus; incense, lamp and naivedya
Puja vidhi — simple steps
- At the start, vow the number of Tuesdays (21, 31 or 51).
- Bathe (at home with a little Gangajal in the water is fine) and wear clean red clothes.
- Take the sankalpa, clean the puja place, spread a red cloth and place Hanuman’s image.
- Worship Hanuman with red flowers, sindoor, tulsi, jaggery, gram, incense, lamp and naivedya; chant as you are able.
- Read or listen to the vrat katha.
- After the puja, offer roti, jaggery and gram to a cow.
- For food: fruit, milk, coconut water, sabudana, makhana or peanuts — or one sattvic meal. Avoid meat, alcohol, onion, garlic, stale and very spicy food.
- When the vowed Tuesdays are complete, an udyapan is done with Sundara Kanda and Hanuman Chalisa recitation — a priest can guide you.
When it falls and what time to keep
Every Tuesday; both morning and evening are suitable for the puja. This page shows the next Tuesday with New Delhi’s sunrise and sunset.
Source: BornClock festival calendar (dates checked against Drik Panchang, New Delhi) · Drik Panchang — Hanuman Mangalavara vrat
Traditions differ
The udyapan is done after 11, 21, 31 or 51 Tuesdays depending on the tradition. Some keep a fruit fast, others one sattvic meal; in some regions sweet pua and bundi are offered to Hanuman and eaten as the evening prasad.
What these terms mean
Tap a term for a plain-language explanation.
Sources
- Drik Panchang — Hanuman Mangalavara vrat
- Drik Panchang — weekday vrat kathas
- BornClock festival calendar (dates checked against Drik Panchang, New Delhi)
The katha and vidhi above are paraphrased in plain language from the sources listed; customs vary by family and region — your family tradition comes first.