Karva Chauth

Karva Chauth related products on display in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2024. Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi is a Rajput Hindu festival celebrated by Hindu women Northern India. On Karva Chauth women observe a fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and long life and good health of their husbands or future partners. Once the moon is visible it is customary for a fasting woman, to view the moon or its reflection in a vessel filled with water, through a sieve, or through the cloth of a dupatta. Then, the woman looks at her husband's face through the sieve. The woman says a brief prayer asking for her husband's long life. Her husband then takes the water from the thali and offers it to his wife, taking her first sip of water during the day, the fast is now broken and the woman can have a complete meal.