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Griha Pravesh Vidhi — the sequence, step by step

Griha pravesh is performed once for a house, and the part people most often get wrong is not the offering — it is the order. Ganesh pujan comes before everything. The milk is boiled at the threshold before the family settles in, not after. The havan closes with purnahuti, not with aarti.

What follows is the sequence as verified by a practising purohit and printed on the card inside our Griha Pravesh Kit. Confirm your muhurat against a panchang calculated for your own city before you fix the date.

The sequence

In this order

  • 1शुद्धि व आसनBathe, wear clean clothes, and sit on the aasan facing east.
  • 2दीप प्रज्वलनLight the ghee lamp at the puja sthal.
  • 3संकल्पTake water, akshat and a flower in the right hand. State your name, gotra, the place and the purpose of the rite aloud, then release the water.
  • 4गणेश पूजनAlways first — roli, akshat, durva and modak offered to Ganesh.
  • 5कलश स्थापनाSet the copper kalash with water, a coin, supari, five mango leaves and a coconut on top, in the north-east.
  • 6नवग्रह पूजनNine samidha packets, offered one per graha in order.
  • 7दूध उबालनाAt the threshold, boil milk in a new vessel and let it overflow towards the north-east. Enter the house right foot first.
  • 8वास्तु पूजनPerform the vastu puja at the brahmasthan — the centre of the house.
  • 9हवन108 ahutis with the havan samagri, saying Swaha with each offering.
  • 10पूर्णाहुतिThe final offering — coconut with ghee and the remaining samagri.
  • 11आरतीCamphor aarti, then circulate it to everyone present.
  • 12प्रसाद वितरणOffer to a brahmin or a guest first, then distribute to the family.
    • Dhyan rakhein
    • Enter the new house for the first time at the muhurat, not before — even to carry boxes in.
    • The milk must be boiled in a vessel that has not been used before.
    • Keep the kalash undisturbed until the puja is complete.
    • The havan kund goes in the north-east or east unless your purohit directs otherwise.
    Before you follow this

    This sequence is verified by a practising purohit and checked by a second from a different tradition. Practice still varies by region, sampradaya and family — where yours differs, follow your own tradition. Muhurat and tithi should be confirmed against a panchang calculated for your city. Nothing here promises an outcome.

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    About this vidhi

    Griha pravesh is generally performed in Magha, Phalguna, Vaishakha and Jyeshtha, and avoided during Pitru Paksha and Chaturmas. The exact muhurat depends on the tithi, nakshatra and your own panchang — fix it with your purohit rather than from a generic table.

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