Karwa Chauth 2023: Chand kab niklega? Check city-wise moonrise time in India
Karwa Chauth 2023: Karwa Chauth 2023 is one of the most important festivals celebrated mainly by Hindu married women in India. It is the celebration of marriage, wherein the wife fasts the entire day so as to be blessed with long and healthy life for her husband. The married women follow the 'nirjala' fast without food and water, and the moon plays an extremely important in fasting. Women can break their fast after the sighting of the chandrama.
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Karwa Chauth is celebrated on the fourth day after the full moon in the Kartik month of the Hindu lunisolar calendar, which usually falls in October or November. Karwa Chauth, one of the most auspicious festivals for married women in India, falls on November 1 this year.
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After the sunset, all women and their family members keep gazing at the sky to see when the moon will emerge. Undoubtedly, "Chand dikh gaya (There's the moon!)," is one sentence that actually brings smiles to the married women's faces on Karwa Chauth.
As it's Karwa Chauth today and all married women must be waiting for the moon to emerge, it's important for them to know the timings of the moonrise in their city.
According to Drik Panchang, in 2023, the fasting duration extends from 6:33 am to 8:15 pm, and the moonrise is anticipated between 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm.
Chandigarh - 8:10 pm
Ludhiana – 8:15 pm
Amritsar – 8:16 pm
New Delhi – 8:15 pm
Lucknow - 8:05 pm
Noida - 8:14 pm
Gurugram - 8:16 pm
Himachal Pradesh - 8:07 pm
Dehradun – 8:07 pm
Kolkata - 7:46 pm
Mumbai - 8:59 pm
Jaipur - 8:26 pm
Chennai - 8:43 pm
Hopefully, moon does not play hide and seek today and women don't have to wait longer for chandrodaya (moonrise).
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Happy Karwa Chauth 2023!
- With inputs from agencies
