Karwa Chauth 2020 Puja Vidhi, Moonrise Time: Karwa Chauth is celebrated with much fanfare. (Source: Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh; designed by Gargi Singh)
Karwa Chauth 2020 Moonrise Time Today, Puja Vidhi & Timings Live Updates: A traditional Hindu festival, Karwa Chauth it is the day when women fast from dawn to dawn for the longevity and safety of their husbands. Celebrated with much fervor, it falls during Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the month of Kartik, according to the Hindu lunar calendar. This year, it is celebrated today, November 4, 2020.
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Married women wake up at dawn and eat sargi, the traditional food they receive from their mothers-in-law. They then fast all day until the moon rises. The women observe a nirjala vrat (no food or water) on this day and a sargi is the only thing they eat until the moon rises. An ideal sargi is a thali consisting of sweet and savory and you can find nuts, coconuts, sevvaiyan, mithai, fruits, and gifts of saris and jewelry in it.
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The origin of Karwa Chauth it goes back to the Mahabharata, when Savitri prayed to the God of Death, Lord Yama, for her husband’s soul. Another episode of the epic talks about the Pandavas and their wife Draupadi. Arjuna had gone to the Nilgiris to pray and meditate for a few days, and concerned for his safety, his wife Draupadi had sought the help of her friend Krishna. He advised her to observe a strict fast as Goddess Parvati did for the safety of her husband Shiva. Draupadi clung to him and soon Arjuna returned home safe and sound.
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Karwa Chauth 2020 Puja Vidhi, Moonrise Time – Married women fast for the welfare of their husbands on this day. (Source: Getty Images / Thinkstock; designed by Gargi Singh)
On this day, wives fast for the long and prosperous life of their husbands. The history of the festival has its roots in Hindu mythology, and women worship Lord Shiva and break their fast only after sighting and making offerings to the moon. The fasting period is believed to be extremely strict and one is expected not even to drink water for its duration.
The festival receives its name from ‘karwa’ or ‘karak’, which refers to the clay pot through which the offering of water, known as argha, is made to the moon, one of the most important celestial bodies in Hindu mythology. Later, the karwa is gifted to other eligible women.
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