Raksha Bandhan · puja vidhi

How to do the Raksha Bandhan puja at home

The rakhi is tied after Bhadra, in the afternoon.

Every step is named here and the first 3 are given whole. The whole puja, every mantra with its meaning, is in the Kalava app.

6:45 AM · Columbus
Wait for Bhadra to pass
The rakhi is not tied during Bhadra. The panchang gives the window; it is usually the afternoon.
2:58 PM · Columbus
Set the thali
The rakhi, roli, akshat, a diya, and something sweet, on a thali with a little water.
Continue in the Kalava app · free to read
The other 4 steps of the Raksha Bandhan puja, whole
Every step with its drawing, every mantra in your own script with its meaning, at your town's own hour, and the samagri each step needs. With a membership, the pandit says each step aloud and waits for your hands.
Point your iPhone's camera here.
1. Tilak and the aarti
2. Tie it on the right wrist
3. He gives, and promises
4. Change the janeu, where the house does
These 4 steps are in the app

In Maharashtra and the coast the same day is Narali Purnima — a coconut given to the sea before the boats go out again.