How to do the Sharad Purnima puja at home

The bath, the vrat where it is kept, and the kheer made early enough to be cool by moonrise.

1. The day

   Bathe, and wear white

   1. Bathe in the morning — a full head-bath, where the house keeps that today.
   2. Wear white or a pale colour, the colour of the full moon's night.
   3. Clean the puja place; where the house bathes its murtis, bathe them and dress them in white as well.
   

2. The day

   The vrat, where it is kept

   1. Where it is kept the vrat begins at sunrise and is completed tonight — after the arghya and the puja, on the kheer that has stood under the moon. It is not opened the next morning.
   2. Through the day: water, milk, tea, fruit, and the faral foods — kuttu, singhada, makhana, sabudana, moraiyo.
   3. No grain and no salt in the strictest houses; in most, the faral foods are enough.
   4. Anyone unwell, pregnant, nursing or diabetic keeps the night and eats properly.
   

3. The day

   Make the kheer

   Make it early: it has to be cool by moonrise.

   1. Simmer full cow's milk down slowly, with rice, until it thickens — do not hurry it.
   2. Sugar, and cardamom; saffron and chopped almonds where the house adds them.
   3. Take it off and let it cool completely. It is not offered hot.
   

The arghya offered to Chandra Dev, the vessel set out under the moon, and the puja and the katha at their hour.

1. 1. Put it out under the moon
   2. Arghya to Chandra Dev
   3. Achaman
   4. The diya
   5. Ganesh ji first
   6. Invite Lakshmi Maa
   7. Chandan and akshat
   8. White flowers
   9. Dhoop and deep
   10. Offer what the moon has touched
   11. Read the katha
   12. Kshama prarthana

   These 12 steps, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app

Nobody goes in early: the terrace, the songs, and the vessel left out till morning.

1. 1. Stay awake
   2. Sit out with the house
   3. The parana
   4. The morning's prasad

   These 4 steps, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app