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Karva Chauth 2012

02 Nov 2012Friday · Thāne, Maharashtra, India
Ashwinakrishna · Tithi 4

the fast breaks at moonrise, so the date follows the evening - Kartika Krishna 4 in the purnimanta reckoning

Dated bypradosh (dusk)
Lunar month (ending at new moon, amanta)Ashwina
Lunar month (ending at full moon, purnimanta)Kartika
Where it is keptnorth India

Why this date

Ashwina Krishna Chaturthi runs from 02 Nov 2012 08:59 to 03 Nov 2012 11:39 in Thāne, Maharashtra, India.

The festival is kept on the first day on which this tithi is running at pradosh (dusk). Here is that moment on the day before, the day itself and the day after:

Full panchang for 02 Nov 2012

About Karva Chauth

Karva Chauth is a day-long fast kept by married Hindu women, mainly in northern India. Traditionally, they pray for their husbands' long life and good health.

Before sunrise, women eat a meal called sargi, often sent or made by the mother-in-law. Then they traditionally take no food or water until the Moon is seen at night.

Before the fast ends, women gather for prayers, and an older woman tells the story of Karva Chauth.

Karva means a clay pot with a spout, and such a pot is used in the rituals.

When the Moon rises, a woman often looks at it through a sieve, then at her husband. He gives her water or something sweet to end the fast.

One legend tells of Veeravati, the only sister of seven brothers, who tricked her into thinking the Moon had risen, so she broke her fast and her husband died. The story says that when she kept the fast again, he came back to life.

Sources

Dates and times are for Thāne, Maharashtra, India. Another town can differ by a day when a tithi changes close to sunrise. You can change the place above.

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