Karwa Chauth 2022, Karwa Chauth Vrat Katha in Hindi
When is Karwa Chauth 2022?
Karwa Chauth 2022 Date in India Calendar - If you ask when is karwa chauth 2022 or karwa chauth kab hai - the answer is here
Karwa Chauth 2022 Date is on 13th October, 2022, Thursday.
Chaturthi tithi starts - 1:59 AM on Oct 13, 2022
Chaturthi tithi ends - 03:08 AM on Oct 14, 2022
Karva Chauth Meaning
The meaning of Chauth is fourth day and Karwa means earthen pot with a spout. This vessel symbolises peace and prosperity. Meaning of Karwa Chauth is significant as the pooja is not complete without the earthen pot. News about the timings of moon appearance is circulated via varied media agencies. Women wait patiently for the Karwa Chauth moon to appear to offer water and prayers. The immense popularity of the festival through commercialization has also made Karwa Chauth English story and Karwa Chauth Hindi stories very popular.
The auspicious Karwa Chauth festival falls on the fourth day of the waning moon or the dark fortnight. It is usually nine days before Diwali on the Chaturthi tithi or Kartik Ki Chauth. To find out when is Karwa Chauth this year, the Hindu calendar is consulted. Keeping the Karwa Chauth date in mind, shopping is in full swing, gifts are being purchased and women are planning how well to adorn themselves for this special occasion. Karwachauth 2021 is in October but some years, Karwa Chauth also comes in the month of November too. Preparations for Karwachauth 2021 are on and the excitement is felt in the air. Karwa Chauth calendar has been consulted well and bayas and sargis are being prepared with love and devotion.
Eating of Sargi on Karwa Chauth
The Hindu married women keep a day long rigorous fast on the day of Karwa Chauth to seek long life, well being, safety and prosperity of the husband. This fast is seen as the toughest of all fasts as the women do not even drink water the whole day. The Karva chauth fast is broken only after sighting the moon in the night. To prepare for this day long fast, there is ritual of preparing a pre-dawn meal called Karwa Chouth sargi, which the women eat before sun rise. The sargi is usually gifted to the daughter-in-law by the mother-in-law and also contains saree, sindoor or vermillion, glass or designer bangles, designer bindi, mehendi or henna, red ribbon, coconut, a gift that is usually a piece of jewellery or a beautiful saree and seviyan, which is to be eaten in the morning of Karva Chauth.
Karwa Chauth History
On the occasion of Karwa Chauth, the women keep a rigorous fast without food or water the whole day only to break it after the sighting of the moon at night. According to Hindu tradition, there is a graveness associated with the Karwa Chauth history about moon. The women are advised not to look at the moon directly on this day. They are supposed to view it only as a reflection on water or through a sieve. Some of the popular Karva Chauth legends and stories have been described as follows:
Legends associated with Karwa Chauth
Queen Veeravati who had kept a fast on Karwa Chauth was tricked into breaking her fast by her overly affectionate brothers before the moon rose and her husband had died. Later on a Goddess revived her husband taking a pity on her.
There is also a Karwa Chouth legend associated with Mahabharata where Draupadi was advised by lord Krishna to observe fast while the Pandavas were in extreme difficulty during observing penance.
The legendary story of Satyavan and Savitri is known to all Hindus right from their childhood. They symbolize the power and bond of a marital relationship. Similar to the ordeals faced by the devoted wife Savitri while she defied death and brought back his husband Stayavan to life, the modern women still willingly undergo this rigorous Karva Chauth fast to protect their husbands from the clutches of Yama.
There is also the legend of the devout wife Karwa who saved her husband from sure death through her intense devotion.
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time
According to the age old tradition of Karva Chauth, the married women fast throughout the day without taking food or water praying for the safety, prosperity and well being of their husbands. They break their fast after viewing the moon in the evening. Karva Chauth moon rising every year is declared as per Indian Standard Time. But the moon is not supposed to be viewed directly. Either it is viewed through a sieve or in the reflection in water. Karva Chauth moon time for this year, for the various major cities of India is declared through various sources. It is also to be noted that Karva Chauth moon rise time varies from city to city.
Karva Chauth Date 2022 - 13th October 2022
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Lucknow – 7:58 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Kanpur – 8:01 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Chandigarh – 8:06 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Delhi - 8:09 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Ghaziabad - 8:08 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Greater Noida - 8:08 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Noida - 8:09 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Jammu - 8:09 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Jaipur – 8:19 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Bhopal – 8:21 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Bengaluru – 8:40 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Ahmedabad – 8:41 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Mumbai – 8:48 PM
Karva Chauth Moon Rise Time in Hyderabad – 8:28 PM
