Karva Chauth
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Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi (Sanskrit: करकचतुर्थी, romanized: Karakacaturthī)[3] is a Hindu festival celebrated by Hindu women of Northern and Western India in October or November on the Hindu lunar month of Kartika.[4] Like many Hindu festivals, Karva Chauth is based on a lunisolar variant of the Hindu Calendars. The festival falls on the fourth day after the full moon.
Karva Chauth | |
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Also called | Karaka Chaturthi |
Observed by | Married Hindu men and women, in some areas, unmarried Hindu women or teenage boys[lower-alpha 1][2] |
Type | Hinduism |
Celebrations | Puja |
Observances | Fasting by married women |
Date | Ashvin Krishna Chaturthi |
2023 date | 1 November (Wednesday) |
Related to | Dussehra and Diwali |
Hindu festival dates The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day). Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta / pūrṇimānta. If a festival falls in the waning phase of the moon, these two traditions identify the same lunar day as falling in two different (but successive) masa. A lunar year is shorter than a solar year by about eleven days. As a result, most Hindu festivals occur on different days in successive years on the Gregorian calendar. | |
On Karva Chauth women observe a fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands or future partners.[5][6] The Karva Chauth fast is traditionally celebrated in the states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.[5][7][8][1] It is celebrated as Atla Tadde in Andhra Pradesh.