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Married women fast  one whole day without food or water for the long life of their husbands. The ritual signifies extreme love and devotion to the husband, as evidenced by the wife’s willingness to suffer for his well being.

It is celebrated on the chaturthi tithi after the full moon in the month of kartik in the Hindu Calender. According to the religious scriptures like Dharma sindhu, Nirnay sindhu and other shastra that governs rules of when to observe festival says, “Karwa Chauth to be observed at moonrise (chandrodaya vyapini) and poorvaviddha, best if its tritiya viddha. If visible during both days take the first one, if not visible on both days then take the second one”.

There is a misconception that Indian tithis are connected to English dates as given in Indian panchanga. The Indian panchangam is computed for the IST and the area they represent. Since India has little variation in terms of sunrise/sunset/moonrise, a panchanga computed for one area of the country is generally usable as-is throughout India. This is not true when the a festival is computed for a different location on earth, say the Americas, the Europe, the Australias, the Middle-East, etc. Please do not use one published in indian calendars for your location. If you are not living in india and using the date published in indian calendar for karwa chauth outside indian then you could be either celebrating karawa pancham or karwa tritiya which is not a valid festival, for example if you are in the United States you could be observing karwa chauth on panchmi, if you are in australia you could be observing karwa chauth on Tritiya day which is not the right festival due to time differences with Indian Standard time and respective time zones. To find out when is karwa chauth if you are living out of india do the following:

The tithis ends at the same instance all over the world. So, we need to subract the time difference (IST to your place) from India’s Tithi end timings to arrive at tithi ending timings to your location. Now find out moonrise at your location and check if Chaturthi is visible during the moonrise karwa chauth at that place is on that day.
1) Note down india’s tithi ending times for Ashwin Krishna Paksha Tritiya (Amavasyant) or Kartik Krishna Paksha Tritiya (Purnimant) [both are same, one is amavasyant month and another is purnimant months. Amavasyant is more popular in Gujarat, Maharastra, and South india, where as Purnimant is more popular in north india).
2) Add or Subtract the time difference between IST and your timezone where you live. If you live east of India Add otherwise subtract.
3) Find out local moonrise time from local newspapers.
4) Now see if Tritiya ends before moon rise in your town, if it ends before moonrise then take the same day otherwise take next day.

Karwa means clay pot and chauth means fourth night after the full moon. It has great social and cultural significance and is mostly practiced in northen india. Wives start their fast at night just after the appearance of the moon, within sight of their husbands. They then wait until the next night’s moonrise to begin the fast breaking ceremonies, without consuming any food or drink. In the evening women dress in their best clothing, and adorn themselves with jewellary  and heena. On sighting the moon, they look and offer prayers and worship to it, and then receive their first bite of food and water from their husbands. Thereafter, women consume their special meal prepared for the occasion.

Worshipping the moon involves filling up the karwa with specially prepared food and jewellery and offering it to the god. Karwas are also exchanged with other women after that. Further practices involve telling and listening to stories regarding origin of Karwa Chauth.

There are variations within regions, groups, and communities in India about rituals of starting and breaking the fast, and worshipping the moon. In Punjab , for example, women start their fast by consuming food called sergi sent or given by her mother-in-law before the dawn. The fast breaking ceremony involves looking at the moon through a sieve , and then looking at her husband’s face. They often close their eyes in the process and do not see anyone but their husbands just after seeing the moon. In other parts of India, there is no provision of sergi.

Source – Wikipedia

SMS :

Its day of fast my wife
I know you care fore my life
Though I can eat
but believe I did not take any wheat
I as Husband cares of your
Every moment I love you More .. More More..

 

Dhanya woh devi jo pati sukh hetu vrat paave
Dhanya woh pati jo devi roop patni paave
Dhanya woh swaroop jo Manushyata ka deep jalawe..

Karvachauth ki Shubhkamnaye … J

 Aaj mujhe aapka khaas intezaar hai,
Ye din hai karvachauth ka..
Apki lambi umra ki mujhe darkaar hai..
Jaldi aana, yakin karna apke liye sab chorr baitha apka pyar hai !

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