Karwa Chauth is celebrated by Hindu married women as a fast for the long life, well-being, and prosperity of their husbands. The tradition symbolises love, devotion, and the strong marital bond between spouses. The day involves a sunrise meal, a sunrise-to-moonrise fast (nirjala vrat), and rituals praying to Chauth Mata (or Gauri Mata), Lord Shiva, and Goddess Parvati, concluding with the breaking of the fast after moonrise.
Karva is another word for ‘pot’ (a small earthen pot of water) and chauth means ‘fourth’ in Hindi (a reference to the fact that the festival falls on the fourth day of the dark-fortnight, or Krishna paksha, of the month of Kartika). In Sanskrit scriptures, the festival is referred to as Karaka Chaturthi, karaka meaning an earthen water pitcher and chaturthi denoting the fourth day of the lunar Hindu month
Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi is a Hindu festival celebrated by Hindu women of Nepal, Northern India and Western India in October or November on the Bikram Sambat month of Kartika. Like many Hindu festivals, Karva Chauth is based on a lunisolar variant of the Hindu Calendars.
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