Prayer text to the ancestors on the first day of every lunar month
Cúng mùng một, ngày rằm (first-day and full-moon offerings). The first day of the lunar month and the evening of the fifteenth day of every lunar month
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Address to the ancestors
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text to ancestors on the first day of each lunar month, offering offerings and asking the deities, ancestors and the spirits of ancestors on both sides to witness and bless the family with health, peace, prosperity in business and harmony; recited before the altar after praying to the deities.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng mùng một, ngày rằm (first-day and full-moon offerings)
Other texts for Cúng mùng một, ngày rằm (first-day and full-moon offerings)
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to Thổ Công and the deities (on the first day and the fifteenth day of the lunar month)
- BuddhistPrayer text for offerings on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, giỗ, and other ceremonies offered to the spirit of the deceased (without sutra chanting)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for the full moon of the twelfth lunar month offered to ancestors
More about Cúng mùng một, ngày rằm (first-day and full-moon offerings)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn ngày Mồng 1 tại gia (phatgiao.org.vn)
- Văn khấn cúng lễ Phật đản 2026 (vtcnews.vn)
- Văn khấn cúng rằm tháng 10 Âm lịch 2024 tại gia (phatgiao.org.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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