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Karva Chauth 2025

Karwa Chauth Pooja Method: This year the fast of Karva Chauth will be observed on 10 October 2025. Married women eagerly wait for this day. Karva Chauth fast is observed on the Chaturthi date of Krishna Paksha of Kartik month, which women observe for the long life and good life of their husbands. To observe Karva Chauth fast for the first time, it is very important to know the puja materials and the correct method, only then one gets the full results of the fast. If you are going to observe Karva Chauth fast for the first time after marriage, then let us tell you everything from the worship material to the method.

How to do Karva Chauth for the first time?

To keep the fast of Karva Chauth for the first time, Sargi is taken before sunrise, then after taking a bath and taking a pledge to fast, a waterless fast is observed throughout the day. After the moon rises in the evening, the fast is broken by seeing the moon and drinking water after looking at the husband. On this day, it is important to do 16 adornments, listen to the story and take blessings of the elders.

Prepare- Buy all the ingredients of Karva Chauth like Karva, Roli, rice, fruits, sweets, incense sticks etc. in advance.

Sargi eclipse:- Consume Sargi after waking up in Brahma Muhurta and taking bath. It is given by breath, but it can also be given by the husband.

Take a vow to fast:- Take a pledge of Nirjala fast by chanting the mantra “Mam Sukhsaubhagya Putraputradi Susthir Shri Praptaye Karak Chaturthi Vratamahan Karishye”.

Nirjala fast:- One should not eat or drink anything throughout the day.

Worship of God:- Worship Shiva family and offer them fruits, flowers, sweets etc.

Story of Karva Chauth:- It is important to listen to the story of Karva Chauth while performing puja.

Pooja plate:- In the evening, prepare a puja thali filled with flowers, fruits, sweets, incense sticks, roli and rice and keep it for Dakshina.

Offer water to the moon:- When the moon rises, one should see the moon by placing a lamp in a sieve.

Visit your husband:- After the moon, look at your husband's face through a sieve.

Break the fast:- Break your fast by drinking water from your husband's hands.

If this is your first fast, then you should take the pledge of Nirjala fast only after seeing your physical capacity.

How to perform Karva Chauth puja alone at home? (Karwa Chauth Puja Method)

• Keep roli, rice, water, incense, lamp, flowers, fruits and sweets in the puja thali.
• Fill a karwa (or kalash) with wheat grains and place some sweets or fruits on its lid.
• Spread a red or yellow cloth on the post and establish Karva Chauth Mata (or Maa Gauri) near the idol or picture of Lord Ganesha.
• Then light a ghee lamp and worship Lord Ganesha and Karva Chauth Mata.
• With some rice in your hand, take a pledge for the long life and healthy life of your husband.
• Offer roli, sandalwood, flowers, fruits and wedding items (like sindu, bangles, kajal).
• Keep the karwa placed in front of Mother Parvati towards yourself and turn your karwa towards the mother.
• Repeating this seven times, say “Le suhagan le karwa, de suhagan de karwa”.
• Read or listen to the fasting story of Karva Chauth with wheat grains in hand.
• When the moon rises, look at the moon from behind a sieve and offer water to the moon.
• After this, break your fast by taking water and sweets from your husband's hand using a strainer.

Karwa Chauth Puja Samagri

• clay pot
• water and ganga water
• Lamp
• vermillion, rice
• flowers and fruits
• Sweet
• strainer
• Ganesh puja material
• fasting story book

Ingredients for Sargi

Halwa, puri, or any light energy food.

New saree, bangles, toe rings, mehendi, vermillion, kajal, bindi etc. given by mother-in-law.

Rules of Karwa Chauth

new clothes:- It is auspicious for a woman fasting for the first time to wear clean new clothes.

Resolution of fasting:- Wake up in the morning at Brahma Muhurta and take a vow to fast and meditate on the Gods and Goddesses.

Mother-in-law's blessings:- Before starting the fast, blessings of the mother-in-law should be taken and some items (like 16 makeup items) should be presented to her.

Surrender to husband:- After seeing the moon, break the fast with your husband's hands.

Choice of colors:- Wear red, pink, yellow, or green colors on this day, while avoiding black.

(Disclaimer: The information given in this news is based on religious beliefs and general information. TV9 Bharatvarsha does not confirm this.)