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Karva Chauth
Married women in north India fast from sunrise to moonrise in bridal reds, with henna and jewellery.
What is worn for Karva Chauth
Karva Chauth is kept on the fourth day after the full moon in the autumn month, mainly in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Married women fast from sunrise until the moon is seen, praying for the well-being of their husbands, and break the fast by looking at the moon through a sieve and taking water from the husband's hand. Dress is part of the day. Women wear red, maroon, pink or other bridal colours, in sarees or lehengas, put on jewellery and bangles, and apply henna to the hands. Eating a pre-dawn meal from the mother-in-law, called sargi, comes first.
The sarees
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Karva Chauth" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source