Karwa Chauth 2020: Date, puja time, and everything you need to know

• Karwa Chauth is observed year on year on Krishna Paksha Chaturthi (fourth day of moon’s waning phase) in the month of Karthik (October – November)
• On this day, women observe a day-long strict fast praying for the welfare of their husbands.
• This year Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, just ten days before Diwali celebrations.

The festival of Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on November 4. On this day, women keep a day-long fast for their husbands and pray for their well being, success, health, and happiness. They break their fast after the sighting of the moon. The other name of Karwa Chauth is Karak Chaturthi.

Karwa Chauth 2020 date and puja timing

Year on year, Karwa Chauth falls on Krishna Paksha Chaturthi (the fourth day of the moon's waning phase) in the month of Kartika (October – November). In 2020, Karwa Chauth will be observed on Wednesday, November 4, 2020.

The fasting starts at dawn on Wednesday and concludes with the moon's sighting in the evening after offering puja (worshipping the moon god). The Karwa Chauth puja Muhurat or the most auspicious time to perform the Karwa Chauth puja is 05.34 pm and 06.52 pm on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. The moonrise timing on this day is 08.12 pm.

Karwa Chauth vrat

On the morning of Karwa Chauth, women wake up early and take a holy bath. They then have a sumptuous meal of Sargi, a dish topped with fruits, dry fruits, and sweets. This meal must be eaten before sunrise. After this, the woman fasts the entire day, breaking it only after sighting the moon.

The woman also receives a platter of gifts from her mother’s home filled with clothes, ornaments, gifts, sweets, and a small pot (Karwa). The woman adorns herself with the finest clothes and starts the vrat (day-long fast) after worshipping the sun. In the evening, the Karwa Chauth puja is organized, and the fast is concluded with prayers for the well-being and prosperity of the husband.

Karwa Chauth puja procedure

• Spread a red cloth and place the Karwa (earthen pot) received from your mother's house.
• Decorate the Karwa. Decorate the picture of Ma Parvati (Anant Sowbhagyawati) and offer flowers and tilak.
• Place another karwa with water for the sun god.
• Offer the special dishes prepared for the puja and perform the puja during the Muhurat mentioned.
• At the end of the puja, offer aarti to the goddess' picture and then to the Karwa.
• Once the moon rises in the sky, look at the moon's reflection in the water of Karwa through a sieve. After seeing the moon, look at the face of your husband and touch his feet in reverence.

Karwa Chauth is an important ritual observed in Hindu households. Karwa Chauth is very popular in North and Western India.