Rishi Panchami is a part of Teez and falls a day after it. Women on this day worship Sapta Rishi (seven saints) and ask for the forgiveness for any sin committed during their monthly periods throughout the year.

In Hindu religion, menstruation is taken as a symbol of impurity and women are not supposed to take part in religious practices during their periods. Thus, it is believed that Rishi Panchami is the occasion to wash off one’s impurity of the whole year. The rituals seem peculiar but women practice it happily.

(source: MS Nepal.org)