Karwa Chauth 2027

Karwa Chauth, or Karva Chauth, in 2027: the date, and the moonrise in your city that ends the fast.

Ashwin (amanta) / Kartika (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturthi

Karwa Chauth in Delhi

Monday, 18 October

Moonrise19:30

Karwa Chauth is in 365 days. In Delhi, the Caturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s, so Karwa Chauth is on Monday. The pūjā is at nightfall and the arghya to the Moon after it rises.

Sunset, the evening pūjā17:47
CaturthīMon 17:52 – Tue 16:42

Vratarāja ff. 81⁠–⁠82; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 293

Moonrise on Karwa Chauth 2027

75 cities, each in its own time
CityKarwa ChauthMoonriseSunset
India
Delhi Mon 18 Oct 19:30 17:47
Mumbai Mon 18 Oct 20:11 18:12
Kolkata Mon 18 Oct 18:59 17:08
Chennai Mon 18 Oct 19:53 17:47
Bengaluru Mon 18 Oct 20:04 17:58
Hyderabad Mon 18 Oct 19:51 17:51
Ahmedabad Mon 18 Oct 20:03 18:10
Pune Mon 18 Oct 20:08 18:09
Surat Mon 18 Oct 20:06 18:11
Jaipur Mon 18 Oct 19:40 17:55
Lucknow Mon 18 Oct 19:19 17:34
Kanpur Mon 18 Oct 19:22 17:37
Nagpur Mon 18 Oct 19:40 17:46
Indore Mon 18 Oct 19:50 17:58
Bhopal Mon 18 Oct 19:42 17:51
Patna Mon 18 Oct 19:05 17:18
Vadodara Mon 18 Oct 20:02 18:09
Ludhiana Mon 18 Oct 19:30 17:51
Agra Mon 18 Oct 19:30 17:45
Nashik Mon 18 Oct 20:05 18:08
Chandigarh Mon 18 Oct 19:26 17:47
Amritsar Mon 18 Oct 19:32 17:54
Jammu Mon 18 Oct 19:29 17:53
Raipur Mon 18 Oct 19:30 17:36
Ranchi Mon 18 Oct 19:09 17:19
Bhubaneswar Mon 18 Oct 19:14 17:20
Guwahati Mon 18 Oct 18:36 16:51
Visakhapatnam Mon 18 Oct 19:31 17:32
Vijayawada Mon 18 Oct 19:44 17:43
Coimbatore Mon 18 Oct 20:11 18:02
Madurai Mon 18 Oct 20:08 17:58
Kochi Mon 18 Oct 20:16 18:05
Thiruvananthapuram Mon 18 Oct 20:16 18:04
Mysuru Mon 18 Oct 20:09 18:02
Mangaluru Mon 18 Oct 20:15 18:09
Rajkot Mon 18 Oct 20:12 18:18
Jodhpur Mon 18 Oct 19:53 18:06
Udaipur Mon 18 Oct 19:55 18:05
Gwalior Mon 18 Oct 19:32 17:46
Jabalpur Mon 18 Oct 19:32 17:41
Meerut Mon 18 Oct 19:27 17:45
Aurangabad Mon 18 Oct 19:59 18:02
Varanasi Mon 18 Oct 19:14 17:27
Ujjain Mon 18 Oct 19:49 17:58
Haridwar Mon 18 Oct 19:23 17:42
Mathura Mon 18 Oct 19:31 17:47
Prayagraj Mon 18 Oct 19:19 17:32
Tirupati Mon 18 Oct 19:55 17:50
Puri Mon 18 Oct 19:15 17:20
Nepal
Kathmandu Mon 18 Oct 19:14 17:31
United Kingdom
London Mon 18 Oct 18:51 18:00
Leicester Mon 18 Oct 18:48 18:02
Birmingham Mon 18 Oct 18:52 18:05
United States
New York City Mon 18 Oct 19:48 18:10
Edison Mon 18 Oct 19:50 18:12
Chicago Mon 18 Oct 19:40 18:03
Houston Mon 18 Oct 20:52 18:46
Dallas Mon 18 Oct 20:49 18:49
San Jose Mon 18 Oct 20:19 18:25
Los Angeles Mon 18 Oct 20:14 18:14
Atlanta Mon 18 Oct 20:55 18:59
Washington Mon 18 Oct 20:07 18:24
Canada
Toronto Mon 18 Oct 19:58 18:28
Brampton Mon 18 Oct 20:00 18:29
Vancouver Mon 18 Oct 19:31 18:15
Australia
Sydney Tue 19 Oct 23:13 19:10
Melbourne Tue 19 Oct 23:53 19:39
New Zealand
Auckland Tue 19 Oct 23:45 19:39
United Arab Emirates
Dubai Mon 18 Oct 19:40 17:48
Abu Dhabi Mon 18 Oct 19:45 17:52
Singapore
Singapore Mon 18 Oct 21:08 18:51
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Mon 18 Oct 21:13 18:58
Mauritius
Port Louis Mon 18 Oct 21:05 18:12
South Africa
Durban Mon 18 Oct 21:20 18:06
Kenya
Nairobi Mon 18 Oct 20:52 18:21

Moonrise is rounded to the minute. The arghya is given after it; the texts give no fixed pūjā muhurat. Vratarāja f. 81

Why the date differs In Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and 69 more cities, the Caturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s, so Karwa Chauth is on Monday. In Sydney and Melbourne, the Caturthī is current at the moonrise on neither Monday nor Tuesday, so Karwa Chauth is on the later day, Tuesday. In Auckland, the Caturthī is current at Tuesday’s moonrise and not at Monday’s, so Karwa Chauth is on Tuesday. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 293; Dharmasindhu pp. 9, 76

How the day is chosen

Karwa Chauth is the Karaka-caturthī: the dark Caturthī current at moonrise. When it is current at both moonrises, the earlier day, joined with the Tṛtīyā, because the worship is set at moonrise; at neither, the later day. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 293; Dharmasindhu pp. 9, 76

Monday night or Tuesday night in Delhi

Delhi time

In Delhi, the Caturthī runs from Mon 17:52 to Tue 16:42: it is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s, so Karwa Chauth is on Monday. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 293

The vrata

  • Women keep it, for marital good fortune, sons and lasting prosperity. Vratarāja f. 81
  • In the evening, at nightfall, Gaurī, Śiva, Gaṇapati and Ṣaṇmukha are worshipped below a drawn banyan tree with the sixteen offerings. Vratarāja ff. 81, 82
  • Ten pots (karaka) with cooked food and rice are given to brāhmaṇas, and pots are exchanged with married women. Vratarāja ff. 81, 82
  • After the Moon rises, the arghya is given to it. Vratarāja f. 81
  • The fast lasts until that arghya: our reading of the story the Vratarāja tells, in which eating at a false moonrise is the fault. Vratarāja ff. 81⁠–⁠82
  • Sargī, the meal before dawn, and the sieve are popular customs; the texts read do not mention them.

Questions

From the Nirṇaya-sindhu, p. 293, the Dharmasindhu, pp. 9 and 76, and the Vratarāja, ff. 81⁠–⁠82.

When is Karwa Chauth 2027?

In Delhi, on Monday, 18 October 2027, with moonrise at 19:30. In Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, it is Tuesday, 19 October. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 293

What time is moonrise on Karwa Chauth in my city?

The table above gives the moonrise on Karwa Chauth for every listed city, in its own time. The arghya is given to the Moon after it rises, and that ends the fast. Vratarāja ff. 81⁠–⁠82

Why is the moonrise time different in each city?

The Moon rises at a different moment at each place, earlier in the east and later in the west, and each city’s clock is its own. The Caturthī is one span everywhere, so a city where it is not current at that evening’s moonrise can keep another day. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 293

Is Karva Chauth the same festival?

Yes. Karwa and Karva are two spellings of karvā, the pot (karaka) given in the rite. The texts call the day Karaka-caturthī. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 293

How the day is found

Read the methodology
The day
The dark Caturthī ending amānta Āśvina (pūrṇimānta Kārtika), current at moonrise. When it is current at both moonrises, the earlier day is kept, and at neither, the later day. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 293; Dharmasindhu pp. 9, 76.
Moonrise
The Moon’s upper limb at the horizon, with refraction, as for Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī, rounded to the nearest minute.
The vrata
The pūjā at nightfall and the arghya after moonrise (Vratarāja ff. 81, 82). The fast until that arghya is our reading of the kathā (ff. 81⁠–⁠82).
Not in the texts
A fixed pūjā muhurat, the pre-dawn meal (sargī) and the sieve: popular customs the texts read do not mention.

Moonrise of the Moon’s upper limb, with refraction, to the minute · Lahiri ayanamsa for month names · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method