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Chandigarh, October 28 2018
Karva Chauth is a one day festival celebrated by Hindu women four days after purnima (a full moon) in the month of Kartika. Karva Chauth, like many Hindu festivals, is based on the lunisolar calendar which accounts for all astronomical positions, especially positions of the moon which is used as a marker to calculate important dates.
On Karva Chauth women, especially in Northern India, who are married fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands. The Karva Chauth fast is traditionally celebrated in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and as Atla Tadde in Andhra Pradesh. The festival falls on the fourth day after the full moon, in the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Kartik. In history karvachaut was celebrated for the soldiers for their long live in the war then it is go on for long life of a married husband.
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Chandigarh, October 28 2018
Karva Chauth is a one day festival celebrated by Hindu women four days after purnima (a full moon) in the month of Kartika. Karva Chauth, like many Hindu festivals, is based on the lunisolar calendar which accounts for all astronomical positions, especially positions of the moon which is used as a marker to calculate important dates.
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| A married woman breaks her day long fast looking at the moon during KarwaChauth celebrations in Chandigarh. Photos : Sumit Malhotra |
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