Karva Chauth is a one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women four days after purnima (a full moon) in the month of Kartika. Dates differ according to Gregorian calendar which is tabular and not based according to constellations. Karva Chauth, like many Hindu festivals, is based on the lunisolar calendar which accounts for all astronomical positions, especially positions of the moon which is used as a marker to calculate important dates.
On Karva Chauth women, especially in Northern India, who are married fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands. The Karva Chauth fast is traditionally celebrated in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and as Atla Tadde in Andhra Pradesh. The festival falls on the fourth day after the full moon, in the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Kartik. Sometimes, unmarried women join the fast for their fiances.
Hindu married women listening to Karwa chauth katha at Cosy Apartments Sector 9 Rohini New Delhi
Karva Chauth a day when married Hindu women fast till sundown to pray for their husbands’ long life and prosperity
Married women exchange thalis while offering prayers for their husbands welfare prosperity and longevity on Karwa Chauth
Story Of Queen Veeravati is recited by the Woman priest during the Karva Chauth Puja to the Hindu married women
Fast of Karwa Chauth is kept 9 days before Diwali. It falls on the fourth day of the Kartik month by the Hindu calendar.
Female priest reciting the Karva Chauth story to the married women on the occasion of Karva Chauth Festival
Hindu woman praying for long life of their husband and breaks the fast by looking at the moon on Karva Chauth night
Hindu women breaks their fasting by looking at the moon and then her husbands face
Married Hindu women perform day long fasting for the long life of their husband on the occasion of Karva Chauth
Women of Cosy Apartments, Sector 9, Rohini, New Delhi performing Karva Chauth Thali phera
Hindu wives perform rituals during the Karwa Chauth festival at a Rama temple in Allahabad on October 19, 2016. Karwa Chauth is a traditional Hindu festival celebrated in northern India during which married women fast one whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands.
Hindu wives perform rituals during the Karwa Chauth festival in Bathinda on October 19, 2016.
Married women perform a ritual for the well being of their husbands during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth inside a temple in Chandigarh on October 19, 2016.
Women gather for a prayer event during the Karva Chauth festival at a temple in Amritsar on October 19, 2016.
Women gather for a prayer event during the Karva Chauth festival at a temple in Amritsar on October 19, 2016.
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