Karwa Chauth Date 2024 – Check Rituals & Puja Vidhi, Date & Time

By Tej K

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This year the Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on Sunday, 20th October 2024. This festival is celebrated in the northern and eastern cities of the nation. There is a methodological story behind the festival. Karwa Chauth has an important significance in the hindu culture, specially the married ladies eagerly wait for the day to celebrate the most auspicious day of the year. The ladies fast starts before the sunrise and ends their fasting by seeing the moon. One day before they apply henna(Mehndi) on their hands. The ladies wake up early in the morning before the sunrise, take bath, put on makeup, jewelry and most importantly apply vermilion on their head that’s a significance of their love and compassion. Then they eat food as per their choice and specially faniya, coconut and glass of water. Later the whole day they do fasting till the moon rises.

KARWA CHAUTH DATE & TIME

Karwa Chauth Date 2024

Every year Karwa Chauth is celebrated by married and unmarried ladies especially in the northern part of India. It is a hindu festival. The ladies perform the rituals and pooja vidhi as followed by the generations. The Karwa Chauth falls on the 4th day of the full moon. Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on 20th October 2024 this year. A month before ladies start the preparation. On this day ladies get ready as a bride and keep the fast for her husband’s well being and long life. Before the sunrise ladies wake up and take a bath. And dress up in bright color attire for the fast.

They eat food before the sunrise i.e is called Sargi, which is given by her mother-inlaw. After the Sargi women are on strict fast without food and water till moonrise. Nowadays even men keep the Karwa Chauth Fast with their wives. Whole day the women wait for the moon to rise and pray for their partners good health, longevity and prosperity. In the evening before the sunset the temple priest performs the prayer with the story behind the Karva Chauth and ladies listen and pray, then offer fruits and dakshana to the priest.  This year it is predicted that Moonrise will be around 8:15 PM.

Highlights: Karwa Chauth Date 2024, Rituals & Puja Vidhi

Event Karwa Chauth Fast
Date of Festival 20th October 2024
Symbol of Karwa ChauthLove, Devotion and Compassion
Significance of Karwa ChauthWomen  practice fast till moonrise for the healthy, prosperous and long life of their partner
Sunrise 6:26 AM
Moon rise on 20th October 202415 passed 8 PM
Pray to God and GoddessLord Shiva, Lord Ganesha and Goddess Parvati.

Karwa Chauth Date 2024

The Hindus will celebrate the festive Karwa Chauth on Sunday,20th October 2024. The ladies observed fast on the 4th day of the full moon. The Karwa Chauth have great importance in the life of married females. They keep the fast and pray for the longevity and safety of their partner. The Karwa Chauth is a symbol of love, compassion and devotion.

Importance of Karwa Chauth 2024

Women practice the Nirjala fast on this day to make their relationship bond more stronger. 

  • The fast is kept for the longevity of their partner
  • The ladies offer prayers and seek the blessings from God and Goddess for the healthy and long life of their husband.
  • This fast is important for the married woman as it is believed that the woman who keeps the Karwa Chauth fast will have a happy and long married life. 
  • The fast is a custom passed on from generations.
  • On this day ladies stay without food and water till the moon rises and breaks their fast after seeing moon through a sieve.

Reason behind Karwa Chauth being celebrated?

 The tradition of keeping the Karwa Chauth is  passed on from generation to generation. Specially for the married women to keep the Nirjala fast till the moonrise for their partner. This fast symbolizes the devotion of a woman towards her married life. The married women perform all the rituals and seek blessings for God and elders  for their joyous married life.

Karwa Chauth  Rituals & Puja Vidhi 2024

Karwa Chauth Ritual 2024

  1. Women wakeup at twilight.
  2. Take bath and wear fresh clothes
  3. Wear makeup and jewelry
  4. Women apply mehndi on their hands
  5. Eat the Sargi presented by her mother in law to perform the fast.
  6. In the evening seek blessings from God and Goddess and temple priest guide them about the story behind the Karwa Chauth Fast
  7. This tradition is a ancestral
  8. Women break fast father the moon rises.

Karwa chauth Puja Vidhi 2024

  1. To start the fast women eat the Sargi before the sunrise
  2. Women keep the Nirjala Fast till the Moon rise
  3. They spend the day praying
  4. In the evening the ladies get together at temple before sunset for Karwa Chauth 2024 pooja
  5. The women prepare the thali with fruits, diya and sweets
  6. Usually the ladies sit in circle and temple priest recite the Karwa Chauth story and along with song
  7. Later the ladies offer dakshana to the priest and take blessings.
  8. After the moonrise , first woman see the Moon with sieve and offer water and sweet to moon
  9. Then she sees her husband through the sieve. The husband offers water and sweets to her wife and breaks her fast.

Moon Rise time and Ritual Performed by ladies, Karva Chauth 2024

On the day of Karwa Chauth 20th October 2024, it is expected that the moon will rise around 8:15 PM. After the moon rises, the ladies who keep fast for their husbands perform the ritual to break their fast. Woman looks at the moon with a sieve and offers sweets and water and with the same sieve she sees her husband and touches his feet and takes blessings, now the husband offers his wife a glass of water and food to break her fast. This is a symbol of pure compassion, love and devotion towards their married life.

FAQs on Karwa Chauth Date 2024, Check Rituals & Puja Vidhi

On which date Karwa Chauth 2024 will be celebrated?

the Karwa Chauth 2024 will be performed by married ladies on 20th October 2024.

What is the expected moon rise time on Karwa Chauth 2024?

Those who are performing the Karwa fast on 20th October 2024 will break the fast after theĀ  moonshine and it is expected to be visible around 8:15PM.

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