Karwa Chauth is one of the most special festivals for married Hindu women across India. It’s a day filled with faith, love, and beautiful traditions. The festival is observed on the fourth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the Hindu month of Kartik. Also known as Karak Chaturthi, the day holds deep emotional and cultural meaning for married women, especially in North India.

On this day, married women observe a nirjala vrat, a fast where they do not eat or drink even a drop of water from sunrise to moonrise. The fast is kept for the long life, prosperity, and safety of their husbands. Women break their fast only after seeing the moon and then looking at their husband’s face through a sieve.

According to Hindu beliefs, the festival follows the story of Goddess Parvati, who observed a stri

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