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करदैयान नोम्बु · કરાડૈયન નોમ્બુ
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15 March 2027
Monday · Shukla Saptami
Married women tie the sacred yellow thread (thaali) and pray for their husband's long life. Special adai dish prepared.
Savitri's vow, kept by married women for their husbands' long life and by unmarried women for a good husband. Unusually, the ritual must be performed at the precise instant of the solar month transition, which can be at any hour of day or night, so families set alarms for it.
Karadai, a rice and lentil cake, offered with butter, one sweet and one savoury, then eaten.
