When is Karwa Chauth 2026?
Karwa Chauth 2026 · tithi by the Drik Siddhanta
This festival is also known and searched as — Karva Chauth, Karak Chaturthi, Karwa Chauth Vrat, Karwa Chauth Moonrise Time, Karwa Chauth, Karwa Chauth 2026.
Karwa Chauth 2026 — Tithi Timings
- Chaturthi begins
- Chaturthi ends
- Sunrise
- 6:31 AM
- Sunset
- 5:39 PM
Times are in Indian Standard Time (IST); sunrise and sunset are for New Delhi. To see the timings for your own city, pick your city on that day's panjika.
Karwa Chauth 2026 — Auspicious & Inauspicious Timings
(Times are in IST for New Delhi)
✨ Auspicious Timings
- Amrit Choghadiya: 5:39 PM – 7:15 PM
⛔ Inauspicious Timings
- Rog Choghadiya: 8:52 PM – 10:11 PM
Note: These timings are calculated from the New Delhi sunrise (IST) and cover only the night (sunset to the next sunrise) within the festival tithi. They are general auspicious and inauspicious periods, not exact puja timings. For your own city, change the location in the panjika for that day →
Karwa Chauth 2026 — moonrise time
- Delhi
- 8:12 PM
- Jaipur
- 8:23 PM
- Lucknow
- 8:02 PM
- Chandigarh
- 8:07 PM
- Patna
- 7:48 PM
- Mumbai
- 8:56 PM
- Ahmedabad
- 8:47 PM
- Kolkata
- 7:42 PM
29 October 2026 — Indian Standard Time (IST). The calculated moment the upper edge of the moon rises on the horizon; with clouds or tall buildings it can take a few minutes longer to be seen. For other cities choose your city in that day's panjika.
Karwa Chauth — dates from 2025 to 2030
| Year | Gregorian date | Weekday | Bengali date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 October 2025 | Thursday | 22 Ashwin 1432 |
| 2026 | 29 October 2026 | Thursday | 12 Kartik 1433 |
| 2027 | 18 October 2027 | Monday | 31 Ashwin 1434 |
| 2028 | 7 October 2028 | Saturday | 21 Ashwin 1435 |
| 2029 | 26 October 2029 | Friday | 9 Kartik 1436 |
| 2030 | 15 October 2030 | Tuesday | 28 Ashwin 1437 |
Dates are calculated on MyAstrology's own calculation engine by the Drik Siddhanta, for New Delhi (28.61° N, 77.21° E).
When is Karwa Chauth if you live abroad?
The dates on this page are for New Delhi (Drik Siddhanta); across India the date is almost always the same. Abroad, the tithi at your own sunrise can occasionally move the day by one.
Sunrise, the end of the tithi and auspicious times still vary by city — to see yours, pick your city in the panjika →
On which tithi is Karwa Chauth?
The Chaturthi tithi of the Krishna Paksha of the lunar month of Ashwin. The tithi is fixed by the Udaya-vyapini rule — whichever tithi is running at sunrise.
The significance of Karwa Chauth
Kartik Krishna Chaturthi (in the purnimanta reckoning; Ashwin Krishna Chaturthi in the Bengali amanta reckoning). Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for their husbands' long life. Mainly a vrat of North and West India. It is kept on the day when Chaturthi prevails at moonrise.
Rituals and timing
How it is observed
In the evening a karwa (clay pot) and a lamp are set out and the vrat katha is heard. After moonrise the moon is seen, arghya is offered and the fast is broken.
Auspicious time
After moonrise
Common questions
When is Karwa Chauth 2026?
In 2026 Karwa Chauth falls on 29 October 2026, Thursday, Bengali 12 Kartik 1433.
When does the tithi for Karwa Chauth 2026 begin and end?
Chaturthi tithi begins 29 October 1:08 AM and ends 29 October 10:11 PM. Sunrise that day is 6:31 AM and sunset 5:39 PM. Times are in IST; sunrise is for New Delhi.
What is the auspicious time for Karwa Chauth puja?
After moonrise
When is Karwa Chauth in the coming years?
in 2025 on 9 October 2025 (Thursday), in 2027 on 18 October 2027 (Monday), in 2028 on 7 October 2028 (Saturday).
When was Karwa Chauth last year?
9 October 2025, Thursday (Bengali date 22 Ashwin 1432).
Why does Karwa Chauth fall on a different date every year?
Karwa Chauth follows the lunar tithi, not the Gregorian date. A lunar year is about 11 days shorter than a solar year, so the day moves about 11 days earlier each year. When the gap grows too wide an extra month (Adhika Masa) is inserted to correct it — and that year the day falls about a month later.
