Hindu wedding cards with Shubh Vivah openers and Nepali dates
Ganesh invocations, gold borders and a page for every ceremony, from Mehendi to the Reception. Type your names once and see each design with them.
What goes on a Hindu wedding card?
A Hindu wedding card opens with an invocation, usually ॥ शुभ विवाह ॥ or a Ganesh vandana, then names both sets of parents as the hosts and the bride and groom beneath them. It gives the wedding date in the Bikram Sambat calendar with the weekday and tithi, the saait or lagan time set by the family priest, and the venue.
Larger cards add a line or a full page for each ceremony: Mehendi, Haldi, Sangeet, the wedding itself and the Reception, each with its own time and venue. The card closes with a request for the guest’s presence and blessings.
The opener sets the tone
Hindu cards are read from the blessing down, so the opening line does most of the work.
- ॥ शुभ विवाह ॥ is the safest and most common opener across Nepali Hindu families.
- A Ganesh vandana or the Ganesh motif marks an auspicious beginning and suits traditional and royal designs.
- Om and a kalash motif work when the family prefers a plainer, less figurative card.
- Swastika borders and marigold garlands read as festive rather than formal.
One page per ceremony
A Hindu wedding is rarely one event, and cramming five ceremonies onto one card is where most designs fall apart.
Bihekocard’s multi-page booklets give each ceremony its own page, so Mehendi on Thursday and the Reception on Sunday each get a proper time, venue and dress code line without shrinking the main invitation.
Set the wedding date once and every ceremony page follows it in both calendars, so a change of saait does not mean retyping five pages.
Dates the way families read them
The Bikram Sambat date appears in Devanagari numerals with the Nepali weekday and tithi, and the Gregorian date sits beneath it for relatives abroad. Both come from one date field, so they can never disagree.
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FAQ
Hindu wedding cards: common questions
- What is written at the top of a Hindu wedding card?
- Most Hindu wedding cards open with ॥ शुभ विवाह ॥ (shubh vivah, meaning auspicious wedding) or a Ganesh invocation such as श्री गणेशाय नमः. Lord Ganesh is invoked first because he is the remover of obstacles, so his name marks an auspicious start to the marriage.
- Whose names come first on a Hindu wedding invitation?
- The hosts come first. In Nepali and Indian Hindu tradition the parents invite, so both sets of parents are named above the couple, sometimes with the grandfather’s name to place the family line. The bride and groom’s names then appear together as the largest text on the card.
- Can I put the tithi and saait on the card?
- Yes. Bihekocard prints the tithi automatically from the wedding date, and the saait or lagan time is a normal text field you fill in with the hour your priest has fixed. Both sit next to the Bikram Sambat date.
- Can one card cover Mehendi, Haldi, Sangeet and the Reception?
- Yes. Choose a multi-page booklet template and each ceremony gets its own page with its own date, time, venue and dress code. Guests swipe through the pages on their phone exactly as they would open a folded printed card.
Keep reading
- Newar wedding cardsCarved window lattice, pagoda rooflines and Nepal Bhasa greetings, drawn for Newar families in the Kathmandu valley.
- Mithila wedding cardsKohbar panels, fish pairs and the Madhubani sun, with Tilak and Matkor given their own pages.
- Ceremony cardsEach event gets its own page with its own time, venue and dress code, so guests invited to one are not confused about the others.
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