Karva Chauth Date in India : Karwa Chauth Festival Celebration in Gujarat

Karva Chauth is a one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women in North India in which married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the protection and longevity of their husbands. Karwa Chauth festival is very popular amongst married Hindu women in the western and northern parts of India, primarily in Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh.

Karwa Chauth festival, married Hindu women dedicate the day to their husbands. Normally, women who watch this festival are called “Saubhagyavati” meaning “Joyous and Happy Status of Wifehood.”

Karva Chauth 2014 Date in India

Date : 11th October 2014 ( Saturday )

Karwa Chauth Puja Muhurat : 17:52 to 19:07

Moonrise On Karwa Chauth Day : 20:19

During this festival, jewelry, clothes and gifts are received from both the woman’s mother-in-law and mother. All married women wear wedding day outfits once again and apply mehndi. Karva Chauth is famous in different ways depending on the region where a person lives.

Karva Chauth is more popular due to our bollywood hindi movies where many movies are having some very beautiful scenes on day of Karva Chauth.The fasting of Karwa Chauth and its rituals are observed by married women for the long life of their husband.

Married women worship Lord Shiva and His family including Lord Ganesha and break the fast only after sighting and making the offerings to the moon. The fasting of Karwa Chauth is strict and observed without taking any food or even a drop of water after sunrise till the sighting of the moon in the night.

During this festival, jewelry, clothes and gifts are received from both the woman’s mother-in-law and mother. All married women wear wedding day outfits once again and apply mehndi. Karva Chauth is famous in different ways depending on the region where a person lives.