The exact moonrise time holds great importance for everyone observing the Karwa Chauth fast. On this day, married women keep a strict fast for the long life and prosperity of their husbands.(Image Source: Pinterest)
The exact moonrise time holds great importance for everyone observing the Karwa Chauth fast. On this day, married women keep a strict fast for the long life and prosperity of their husbands. They neither eat nor drink throughout the day and break their fast only after sighting the moon and offering prayers to it.
In 2025, Karva Chauth will be celebrated on Friday, October 10, 2025. It falls on the fourth day (Chaturthi) of the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) in the Hindu month of Kartik.
If you are in Patna, the wait to see the moon will end soon. The moonrise time for Patna today is 07:48 PM (7 o’clock and 48 minutes in the evening).
The most auspicious time for the evening puja (worship), known as the Puja Muhurat, is 5:57 PM to 7:48 PM.
In the evening, women gather to perform a puja (worship), pray to Goddess Parvati, Lord Shiva, and Lord Ganesha, and listen to the Karva Chauth Katha (the traditional story explaining the significance of the fast), and the time to break the fast is 07:48 PM.
The fast is broken only after sighting the moon. The woman views the moon (and then her husband) through a sieve (chhalni) and offers water (arghya) to the moon. Her husband then offers her the first sip of water and a morsel of food, formally breaking the fast.
