Festival guide
Karwa Chauth 2030
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.
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- Date
- Tue, 15 October 2030
- Main muhurat
- Moon Rise Time · 8:10 pm
Plan the day
Good times and times to avoid
· Varanasi time (IST)
Auspicious windows
- Karwa Chauth Puja Muhurat1h 15m
- Fast (Upavasa) Time14h 14m
- Abhijit Muhurat46m
- Brahma Muhurta50m
- Amrit Kalam1h 47m
Times to avoid
- Dur Muhurta46m
- Yama Gandam1h 27m
- Rahu Kaal1h 27m
- Dur Muhurta50m
Sun and moon
- Sunrise
- 5:56 am
- Sunset
- 5:31 pm
- Moonrise
- 8:10 pm
- Moonset
- 9:05 am
The festival day's almanac
Panchang for Tue, 15 October
- Tithi
- Chaturthi, then Panchami
- Nakshatra
- Krittika
- Yoga
- Vyatipata
- Karana
- Bava
- Paksha
- Krishna
- Masa
- Kartika
- Tithi
- ChaturthiFrom Until Then Panchamiuntil
- Nakshatra
- KrittikaFrom Until
Choghadiya, day and night
Day
- RogAvoid
- UdvegAvoid
- ChalNeutral
- LabhGood
- AmritGood
- KaalAvoid
- ShubhGood
- RogAvoid
Night
- KaalAvoid
- LabhGood
- UdvegAvoid
- ShubhGood
- AmritGood
- ChalNeutral
- RogAvoid
- KaalAvoid
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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