Festival guide
Karwa Chauth 2024
करवा चौथ
Karwa Chauth is a one-day festival in which married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the longevity and prosperity of their husbands.
Ended
- Date
- Sun, 20 October 2024
- Main muhurat
- Moon Rise Time · 7:44 pm
Plan the day
Good times and times to avoid
· Varanasi time (IST)
Auspicious windows
- Karwa Chauth Puja Muhurat1h 15m
- Fast (Upavasa) Time13h 45m
- Abhijit Muhurat46m
- Brahma Muhurta50m
- Amrit Kalam1h 27m
- Amrit Kalam1h 29m · next day
Times to avoid
- Yama Gandam1h 26m
- Dur Muhurta46m
- Rahu Kaal1h 26m
Sun and moon
- Sunrise
- 5:59 am
- Sunset
- 5:26 pm
- Moonrise
- 7:44 pm
- Moonset
- 8:54 am
The festival day's almanac
Panchang for Sun, 20 October
- Tithi
- Tritiya, then Chaturthi
- Nakshatra
- Krittika
- Yoga
- Vyatipata
- Karana
- Vishti
- Paksha
- Krishna
- Masa
- Kartika
- Tithi
- TritiyaFrom Until Then Chaturthiuntil
- Nakshatra
- KrittikaFrom Until
Choghadiya, day and night
Day
- UdvegAvoid
- ChalNeutral
- LabhGood
- AmritGood
- KaalAvoid
- RogAvoid
- ShubhGood
- UdvegAvoid
Night
- ShubhGood
- AmritGood
- ChalNeutral
- RogAvoid
- KaalAvoid
- LabhGood
- UdvegAvoid
- ShubhGood
The story
Karwa Chauth: significance and rituals
Widely celebrated in North India — Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and UP.
Rituals
Fast from sunrise. Dress in bridal finery — red/pink clothes, mehndi, jewelry. Perform Karwa Chauth puja in the evening. Sight the moon through a sieve, see husband's face, break the fast.
Fasting
Nirjala fast from sunrise to moonrise. Sargi (pre-dawn meal prepared by mother-in-law) is eaten before sunrise.
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