Overview
- Tulsi Vivah is being celebrated on November 2, 2025, honoring the symbolic marriage of the Tulsi plant with Lord Vishnu in the form of Shaligram.
- Dwadashi tithi for this year begins at 07:31 AM on November 2 and ends at 05:07 AM on November 3, as listed by panchang-based guides.
- Common practice includes setting a mandap, decorating the Tulsi plant like a bride, placing Shaligram, offering rice, flowers, turmeric and vermilion, reciting mantras, and circling the plant.
- Guidance for devotees emphasizes bathing and clean attire, vegetarian observance with no alcohol, avoiding stale offerings, and not plucking Tulsi leaves on Dwadashi by collecting them a day earlier.
- Coverage notes evening ceremonies are widely performed at dusk and highlights beliefs that the ritual fosters prosperity, marital harmony, and opportunities for those facing delays in marriage.