Festival guide
Karwa Chauth 2026
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.
6 days to go
- Date
- Thu, 29 October 2026
- Main muhurat
- Moon Rise Time · 8:02 pm
Plan the day
Good times and times to avoid
· Varanasi time (IST)
Auspicious windows
- Karwa Chauth Puja Muhurat1h 17m
- Fast (Upavasa) Time13h 58m
- Abhijit Muhurat45m
- Brahma Muhurta51m
- Amrit Kalam1h 27m
- Amrit Kalam1h 28m · next day
Times to avoid
- Yama Gandam1h 24m
- Dur Muhurta45m
- Rahu Kaal1h 24m
- Dur Muhurta45m
Sun and moon
- Sunrise
- 6:03 am
- Sunset
- 5:19 pm
- Moonrise
- 8:02 pm
- Moonset
- 9:18 am
The festival day's almanac
Panchang for Thu, 29 October
- Tithi
- Chaturthi, then Panchami
- Nakshatra
- Rohini
- Yoga
- Parigha
- Karana
- Bava
- Paksha
- Krishna
- Masa
- Kartika
- Tithi
- ChaturthiFrom Until Then Panchamiuntil
- Nakshatra
- RohiniFrom Until
Choghadiya, day and night
Day
- ShubhGood
- RogAvoid
- UdvegAvoid
- ChalNeutral
- LabhGood
- AmritGood
- KaalAvoid
- ShubhGood
Night
- AmritGood
- ChalNeutral
- RogAvoid
- KaalAvoid
- LabhGood
- UdvegAvoid
- ShubhGood
- AmritGood
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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