Vrat Kathas

Listening to the katha after puja on a fast day is an old tradition. Here are the traditional stories of the weekly fasts for each day, monthly vrats like Satyanarayan, Pradosh, Sankashti, Ekadashi and Purnima, and the vrats of the major festivals, retold simply, each with a note on how the vrat is traditionally kept.

Weekly vrats

1. 1Somvar Vrat Katha4 min read
2. 2Solah Somvar Vrat Katha5 min read
3. 3Mangalvar Vrat Katha (Hanuman ji)4 min read
4. 4Budhvar Vrat Katha4 min read
5. 5Guruvar (Brihaspativar) Vrat Katha5 min read
6. 6Shukravar Santoshi Mata Vrat Katha5 min read
7. 7Shanivar (Shani Dev) Vrat Katha5 min read
8. 8Ravivar (Surya Dev) Vrat Katha4 min read

Monthly vrats

1. 9Satyanarayan Katha — Chapters 1 and 25 min read
2. 10Satyanarayan Katha — Chapter 35 min read
3. 11Satyanarayan Katha — Chapters 4 and 55 min read
4. 12Pradosh Vrat Katha4 min read
5. 13Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat Katha4 min read
6. 14Ekadashi Vrat Katha — The Birth of Ekadashi Devi4 min read
7. 15Purnima Vrat Katha4 min read

Festival vrats

1. 16The Story of Makar Sankranti4 min read
2. 17Mahashivratri Vrat Katha5 min read
3. 18Sheetla Ashtami (Basoda) Vrat Katha4 min read
4. 19Navratri Vrat Katha5 min read
5. 20Vat Savitri Vrat Katha: Savitri and Satyavan5 min read
6. 21Nirjala Ekadashi Vrat Katha: Bhima's Ekadashi4 min read
7. 22Hariyali Teej Vrat Katha4 min read
8. 23The Story of Raksha Bandhan4 min read
9. 24Janmashtami Vrat Katha5 min read
10. 25Hartalika Teej Vrat Katha5 min read
11. 26Ganesh Chaturthi Katha: The Moon and the Syamantak Jewel5 min read
12. 27Rishi Panchami Vrat Katha4 min read
13. 28Karva Chauth Vrat Katha: The Story of Veeravati5 min read
14. 29Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Katha4 min read
15. 30The Story of Govardhan Puja4 min read
16. 31The Story of Chhath Puja5 min read
17. 32Dev Uthani Ekadashi Katha5 min read
18. 33Tulsi Vivah Katha: The Story of Vrinda5 min read