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Karwa Chauth 2028

Karwa Chauth, or Karva Chauth, in 2028: the date, and the moonrise in your city that ends the fast.

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

Karwa Chauth in Delhi

Saturday, 7 October

Moonrise20:01

Karwa Chauth is in 720 days. In Delhi, the Caturthī is current at Saturday’s moonrise and not at Friday’s, so Karwa Chauth is on Saturday. The pūjā is at nightfall and the arghya to the Moon after it rises.

Sunset, the evening pūjā17:58
CaturthīSat 03:35 – Sun 04:51

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

Moonrise on Karwa Chauth 2028

75 cities, each in its own time
CityKarwa ChauthMoonriseSunset
India
Delhi Sat 7 Oct 20:01 17:58
Mumbai Sat 7 Oct 20:40 18:20
Kolkata Sat 7 Oct 19:29 17:17
Chennai Sat 7 Oct 20:21 17:53
Bengaluru Sat 7 Oct 20:33 18:04
Hyderabad Sat 7 Oct 20:20 17:59
Ahmedabad Sat 7 Oct 20:33 18:20
Pune Sat 7 Oct 20:37 18:16
Surat Sat 7 Oct 20:36 18:19
Jaipur Sat 7 Oct 20:11 18:05
Lucknow Sat 7 Oct 19:50 17:44
Kanpur Sat 7 Oct 19:53 17:47
Nagpur Sat 7 Oct 20:10 17:54
Indore Sat 7 Oct 20:20 18:07
Bhopal Sat 7 Oct 20:13 18:00
Patna Sat 7 Oct 19:35 17:28
Vadodara Sat 7 Oct 20:32 18:17
Ludhiana Sat 7 Oct 20:01 18:03
Agra Sat 7 Oct 20:01 17:56
Nashik Sat 7 Oct 20:34 18:16
Chandigarh Sat 7 Oct 19:58 17:59
Amritsar Sat 7 Oct 20:03 18:06
Jammu Sat 7 Oct 20:00 18:06
Raipur Sat 7 Oct 19:59 17:44
Ranchi Sat 7 Oct 19:40 17:29
Bhubaneswar Sat 7 Oct 19:44 17:28
Guwahati Sat 7 Oct 19:07 17:01
Visakhapatnam Sat 7 Oct 20:00 17:40
Vijayawada Sat 7 Oct 20:13 17:50
Coimbatore Sat 7 Oct 20:39 18:07
Madurai Sat 7 Oct 20:36 18:03
Kochi Sat 7 Oct 20:44 18:11
Thiruvananthapuram Sat 7 Oct 20:44 18:08
Mysuru Sat 7 Oct 20:38 18:08
Mangaluru Sat 7 Oct 20:44 18:15
Rajkot Sat 7 Oct 20:42 18:27
Jodhpur Sat 7 Oct 20:24 18:16
Udaipur Sat 7 Oct 20:25 18:14
Gwalior Sat 7 Oct 20:03 17:56
Jabalpur Sat 7 Oct 20:02 17:50
Meerut Sat 7 Oct 19:58 17:56
Aurangabad Sat 7 Oct 20:28 18:10
Varanasi Sat 7 Oct 19:45 17:37
Ujjain Sat 7 Oct 20:19 18:07
Haridwar Sat 7 Oct 19:54 17:54
Mathura Sat 7 Oct 20:02 17:57
Prayagraj Sat 7 Oct 19:49 17:41
Tirupati Sat 7 Oct 20:24 17:56
Puri Sat 7 Oct 19:45 17:28
Nepal
Kathmandu Sat 7 Oct 19:45 17:41
United Kingdom
London Sat 7 Oct 19:28 18:22
Leicester Sat 7 Oct 19:26 18:25
Birmingham Sat 7 Oct 19:30 18:28
United States
New York City Fri 6 Oct 19:39 18:27
Edison Fri 6 Oct 19:42 18:29
Chicago Fri 6 Oct 19:32 18:21
Houston Fri 6 Oct 20:36 18:59
Dallas Fri 6 Oct 20:35 19:03
San Jose Fri 6 Oct 20:06 18:41
Los Angeles Fri 6 Oct 20:00 18:28
Atlanta Fri 6 Oct 20:41 19:13
Washington Fri 6 Oct 19:57 18:40
Canada
Toronto Fri 6 Oct 19:52 18:47
Brampton Fri 6 Oct 19:53 18:48
Vancouver Fri 6 Oct 19:29 18:37
Australia
Sydney Sat 7 Oct 22:31 19:01
Melbourne Sat 7 Oct 23:09 19:28
New Zealand
Auckland Sat 7 Oct 23:02 19:28
United Arab Emirates
Dubai Sat 7 Oct 20:10 17:58
Abu Dhabi Sat 7 Oct 20:15 18:02
Singapore
Singapore Sat 7 Oct 21:36 18:54
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Sat 7 Oct 21:41 19:02
Mauritius
Port Louis Sat 7 Oct 21:29 18:08
South Africa
Durban Sat 7 Oct 21:41 17:59
Kenya
Nairobi Sat 7 Oct 21:18 18:23

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 60 more cities, the Caturthī is current at Saturday’s moonrise and not at Friday’s, so Karwa Chauth is on Saturday. In New York City, Edison, Chicago and 9 more cities, the Caturthī is current at Friday’s moonrise and not at Saturday’s, so Karwa Chauth is on Friday. 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

Friday night or Saturday night in Delhi

Delhi time

In Delhi, the Caturthī runs from Sat 03:35 to Sun 04:51: it is current at Saturday’s moonrise and not at Friday’s, so Karwa Chauth is on Saturday. 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 2028?

In Delhi, on Saturday, 7 October 2028, with moonrise at 20:01. In New York City, Edison, Chicago and 9 more cities, it is Friday, 6 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