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Karva Chauth 2025

A married woman's daylong fast for her husband's longevity.

Gregorian dateOctober 10, 2025
Day of weekFriday
PanchangKartika Krishna Chaturthi
ReligionHinduism

In 2025, Karva Chauth falls on Friday, October 10, 2025. Regional panchang authorities — including the Vakya, Drik, and Surya Siddhanta traditions — may calculate the precise tithi differently, with some communities observing the festival one day earlier or later than the date shown.

Significance of Karva Chauth

Karva Chauth is a one-day Hindu festival observed primarily in Northern and Western India by married Hindu women who undertake a strict dawn-to-moonrise fast — without food or water — for the long life, prosperity, and safety of their husbands. The festival falls on the fourth day (chaturthi) of the dark fortnight of the Hindu lunar month of Kartika (typically October). The name combines karva — a small earthen water pot — and chauth — meaning fourth, after the lunar tithi. The festival commemorates several legendary stories including those of Queen Veervati, Karva, Mahabharata's Draupadi, and Savitri, all of whom triumphed over death through their devotion as wives. In recent decades the fast has expanded to include unmarried women fasting for their fiancés and engaged couples, and in some progressive families husbands now also fast in solidarity.

Traditions and Observances

The fast begins before dawn with a pre-fast meal called sargi traditionally prepared and gifted by the mother-in-law, featuring fruits, mathri, sweets, and warm beverages. Throughout the day women dress in red or maroon bridal attire, apply mehendi henna patterns to their hands, wear all sixteen traditional adornments called solah shringar, and gather in the evening for the community Karva Chauth Katha story-telling session presided over by an elder. After the storytelling and pujas to Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, women await the rising of the moon. When the moon appears, each fasting woman views it through a sieve, then views her husband's face through the same sieve, and finally accepts a sip of water and a morsel of food from her husband's hand to break the fast.

Karva Chauth 2025 — At a Glance

If you are planning travel, scheduling community events, requesting time off work, or simply marking your family calendar for 2025, the table below summarises every key detail for Karva Chauth this year, alongside the surrounding observances on either side of the festival in the Hindu lunar calendar.

Detail2025
Gregorian dateOctober 10, 2025
Day of weekFriday
Panchang referenceKartika Krishna Chaturthi
TraditionHinduism (regional variations across panchang traditions)

Regional Observance

Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh observe Karva Chauth most prominently, with cosmetic shops, mehendi artists, and bridal-wear retailers seeing the season's busiest day. The festival has become widely depicted in Bollywood cinema, particularly through films such as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Hum Aapke Hain Koun, which have spread the practice into communities that historically did not observe it. Indian diaspora women in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and the Gulf region observe Karva Chauth virtually together through video calls, and many cities now host community Karva Chauth gatherings with collective storytelling and moonrise ceremonies.

Karva Chauth Across the Years 2024–2030

The Islamic Hijri calendar is a purely lunar calendar of approximately 354 days, so its observances drift forward by roughly 10–11 days each Gregorian year. The Hindu lunar calendar uses periodic intercalary months (adhik maas) that keep festivals broadly anchored to the seasons. The table below shows the Gregorian date of Karva Chauth across every year HijriHub covers, allowing you to plan multi-year commemorations, anniversaries, or research at a glance.

YearGregorian dateDay
2024October 20, 2024Sunday
2025October 10, 2025Friday
2026October 29, 2026Thursday
2027October 17, 2027Sunday
2028October 7, 2028Saturday
2029October 25, 2029Thursday
2030October 14, 2030Monday

How HijriHub calculates Karva Chauth 2025

Our Hindu festival dates are compiled from the Drik Panchang almanac authority, cross-checked against regional panchang publications including the Mahesh Dharmik Panchang and the Indian government's National Calendar. For festivals tied to specific tithis, nakshatras, or yogas, the date listed corresponds to the day on which the festival is most widely observed in North India under the Drik tradition. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and parts of Karnataka follow the Vakya tradition that may shift the observance by a day. Bengal's Vishuddha Siddhanta and the lunisolar calendars of Maharashtra and Gujarat occasionally differ. Always confirm with your family priest or local temple before finalising ritual plans.

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