Karwa Chauth 2025: Karwa Chauth is a Hindu festival celebrated mainly in northern India. On this day, women observe a fast from sunrise to moonrise, believing it will bring their husbands good health, happiness, and a long life. This year, the auspicious festival falls on Friday, October 10. Here’s a complete samagri list of essential items needed to perform the Karwa Chauth pooja.
Karwa Chauth 2025 muhurat
According to Drik Panchang, the Krishna Paksha Chaturthi Tithi begins at 10:54 PM on October 9 and ends at 7:38 PM on October 10. The most auspicious time to perform the Karwa Chauth Puja is during Pradosh Kaal. This year, the evening rituals are traditionally observed between 5:57 PM and 7:11 PM.
Karwa Chauth 2025 puja samagri list
For a successful puja, devotees should gather the following things for the Karwa Chauth puja. Keep ready These Nine sringar items
- Chauth Mata Photo for worship
- Traditional beauty items for the goddess, such as saree, comb, sindoor, bangles, mehendi, nail polish, bindi, and more
- Puja thali: Includes a diya (lamp), incense sticks, fresh flowers, and kumkum (vermilion)
- Naivedya (Offerings): Fruits, sweets, kheer, and other prasad items
- Red cloth: To drape over the stool where Chauth Mata’s photo is placed
- Sieve (Chalni): Used during the moon-sighting ritual
- Karwa (Earthen Pot): Filled with water or milk, often with coins or other small offerings inside
- Karwa Chauth katha book: To recite the story and significance of the fast
Karwa Chauth 2025 puja
Step 1: Women start their fast before sunrise. They eat sargi, a pre-dawn meal that is usually given by their mother-in-law.
Step 2: In the evening, set up for the puja with a drawing or printed image of Goddess Gaura and Chauth Mata, representing Goddess Parvati.
Step 3: Perform the puja together and listen to or recite the Karwa Chauth Mahatmya Katha, which explains the importance of the fast.
Step 4: Offer the Karwa (a pot filled with water or milk, sometimes with coins or stones) to a Brahmin or a married woman as charity.
Step 5: When the moon rises, do the sieve ritual, pray to Lord Chandra (Moon God), and seek his blessings.
Step 6: Break the fast by drinking water from the husband’s hands, completing the Karwa Chauth rituals.
