Why is Hanumān worshipped on Tuesdays and Saturdays?

Tuesday is widely held to be linked with his birth and with Maṅgala’s energy, and Saturday with a story of Hanumān freeing Śani.

In much of North India, Tuesday (Maṅgalavāra) is Hanumān’s day: Maṅgala, the planet Mars, stands for courage and energy, which Hanumān embodies, and popular belief links his birth to a Tuesday. Saturday (Śanivāra) is linked through a folk story in which Hanumān freed Śani from Rāvaṇa’s captivity, and Śani promised not to trouble his devotees.

On these days people visit Hanumān temples, offer sindūr mixed with jasmine oil (cholā), red flowers, laḍḍus or jaggery and roasted chana, and recite the Hanumān Cālīsā, Bajaraṅg Bāṇ or Sundarakāṇḍa. Some keep a simple fast, eating once.

In South India, Thursday and Saturday are also common, and Hanumān Jayantī itself falls on different dates by region. Any day is Hanumān’s day for a sincere prayer.

Source: popular tradition; folk story of Śani’s release · Offerings: sindūr-cholā, laḍḍu, gur-chana

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