🕉️ Lakshmi
Every Friday (typically 11 or 21 consecutive Fridays)
Vaibhav Lakshmi Vrat
Vaibhav Lakshmi Vrat is a Friday fast dedicated to Ma Lakshmi for wealth, marital harmony, and family prosperity. Observed for 11 or 21 consecutive Fridays with strict rules — no food from anyone else's home, offering white sweets (kheer), and reading the Vaibhav Lakshmi Vrat Katha. On the final Friday (udyapan), 11 or 21 married women are honoured with gifts.
📅 Upcoming dates
- Friday, 9 October 2026
- Friday, 16 October 2026
- Friday, 23 October 2026
- Friday, 30 October 2026
Dates are worked out from the panchang for New Delhi (IST). A tithi ends at a different hour elsewhere, so in some years the day differs by one.
🔔 Puja Vidhi
- Bathe at sunrise; wear pink or red
- Set up Lakshmi photo/idol on red cloth
- Offer white sweets, red flowers, sindoor
- Read Vaibhav Lakshmi Vrat Katha
- Fast till evening; single satvik meal
- Udyapan on 11th or 21st Friday with feast for married women
📜 Rules
- Complete abstinence from food from others' homes during the vrat cycle
- Continuity is essential — missing a Friday resets the count
Related reading in the Devotional Library
📖 Om Jai Lakshmi Mata — Lakshmi Aarti
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I do 5 Fridays instead?
Traditional cycles are 11 or 21. Shorter cycles are less standard but can be undertaken as a preliminary before committing to the full cycle.
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