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Karva Chauth

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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hd" style="background-color: transparent">Karva Chauth</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption" style="caption">Women view the moon through sieves during Karwa Chauth</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also called</th><td class="infobox-data">Karaka Chaturthi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Married Hindu men and women, in some areas, unmarried Hindu women or teenage boys<a href="#cite_note-2">[a]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref01zohah-3">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Celebrations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">Puja</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observances</th><td class="infobox-data">Fasting by married women</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">Ashvin Krishna Chaturthi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2024 date</th><td class="infobox-data">20 October (Sunday)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Dussehra</a> and <a href="Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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The <a href="Astronomical_basis_of_the_Hindu_calendar" title="Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a> is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: <a href="Astronomical_basis_of_the_Hindu_calendar#chandramasa" title="Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar">māsa</a> (lunar month), <a href="Astronomical_basis_of_the_Hindu_calendar#paksha" title="Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar">pakṣa</a> (lunar fortnight) and <a href="Astronomical_basis_of_the_Hindu_calendar#tithi" title="Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar">tithi</a> (lunar day).

Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. <a href="Hindu_calendar#amanta" title="Hindu calendar">amānta</a> / <a href="Hindu_calendar#purnimanta" title="Hindu calendar">pūrṇimānta</a>. If a festival falls in the waning phase of the moon, these two traditions identify the same lunar day as falling in two different (but successive) masa.

A lunar year is shorter than a solar year by about eleven days. As a result, most Hindu festivals occur on different days in successive years on the Gregorian calendar.</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-navbar"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">

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Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi (<a href="Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: करकचतुर्थी, <a href="Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: Karakachaturthī)<a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a> is a <a href="Hindu_festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu festival">Hindu festival</a> celebrated by <a href="Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> women of <a href="Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="North_India" title="North India">Northern India</a> and <a href="Western_India" title="Western India">Western India</a> in October or November on the <a href="Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Bikram Sambat</a> month of <a href="K%C4%81rtika_(month)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kārtika (month)">Kartika</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a> Like many Hindu festivals, Karva Chauth is based on a lunisolar variant of the <a href="Hindu_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu Calendar">Hindu Calendars</a>. The festival falls on the fourth day after the <a href="Full_moon" title="Full moon">full moon</a>.

On Karva Chauth women observe a <a href="Fasting" title="Fasting">fast</a> from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands.<a href="#cite_note-ref25lojir-6">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref32laqul-7">[6]</a> The Karva Chauth fast is traditionally celebrated in Nepal and the states of <a href="Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, <a href="Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="Punjab%2C_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>, <a href="Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a>, <a href="Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, <a href="Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ref25lojir-6">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref58cebuc-9">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref64ruxax-1">[1]</a> It is celebrated as <a href="Atla_Tadde" title="Atla Tadde">Atla Tadde</a> in <a href="Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>.

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Karva is another word for '<a href="Pottery" title="Pottery">pot</a>' (a small earthen pot of water) and chauth means 'fourth' in <a href="Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> (a reference to the fact that the festival falls on the fourth day of the dark-fortnight, or Krishna <a href="Paksha" title="Paksha">paksha</a>, of the month of Kartika).<a href="#cite_note-ref31vefox-10">[9]</a> In Sanskrit scriptures, the festival is referred to as Karaka Chaturthi, karaka meaning an earthen water pitcher and chaturthi denoting the fourth day of the lunar Hindu month.<a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a>

Karva Chauth is mostly celebrated in Northern India. Military campaigns were often conducted by Rajput men in far off places whereby <a href="Rajput" title="Rajput">Rajput</a> men would leave their wives and children at home to go off to the war. Their wives would often pray for their safe return. The festival also coincides with the wheat-sowing time (i.e., the beginning of the <a href="Rabi_crop" title="Rabi crop">Rabi crop</a> cycle). Big earthen pots in which wheat is stored are sometimes called karvas, so the fast may have begun as a prayer for a good harvest in this predominantly wheat-eating Northwestern region.<a href="#cite_note-ref33fabuf-12">[11]</a>

Another story about the origin of this festival relates to the bond of feminine friendship. With the custom of <a href="Arranged_marriage" title="Arranged marriage">arranged marriage</a> being prevalent, the <a href="Newlywed" title="Newlywed">newlywed</a> is supposed to reside with her husband and in-laws. Being new to the family, the custom arose of befriending another woman as her friend (kangan-saheli) or sister (dharam-behn) for life. The friendship would be sanctified through a Hindu ritual during the marriage ceremony itself. The bride's friend would usually be of the same age (or slightly older), typically married into the same village (so that she would not go away) and not directly related to her in-laws (so there was no conflict of interest later). This emotional and psychological bond would be considered akin to a blood relationship. It is said that Karva Chauth festival evolved to include celebrating this special bond of friendship.

A few days before Karva Chauth, married women would buy new karvas (spherical clay pots)—7-9" in diameter and 2–3 litres capacity—and paint them on the outside with beautiful designs. Inside, they would put bangles and ribbons, home-made candy and sweets, make-up items, and small clothes. The women would then visit each other on the day of Karva Chauth and exchange these karvas.

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The following dates are based on the <a href="Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a>.

<td>4 November<a href="#cite_note-:1-13">[12]</a>

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<td>24 October<a href="#cite_note-:21-14">[13]</a>

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<td>13 October<a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a>

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<td>2023

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<td>1 November<a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a>

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<td>2024

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<td>20 October<a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a>

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Women begin preparing for Karva Chauth a few days in advance, by buying adornments (shringar), jewellery, and <a href="Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">puja</a> (prayer) items, such as the <a href="Matki_(earthen_pot)" title="Matki (earthen pot)">Karva</a> lamps, <a href="Mathri" title="Mathri">matthi</a>, <a href="Mehandi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehandi">Mehandi</a> and the decorated puja <a href="Thali" title="Thali">thali</a> (plate). Local <a href="Bazaar" title="Bazaar">bazaars</a> take on a festive look as shopkeepers put their Karva Chauth related products on display.<a href="#cite_note-webdunia2009kdyr-19">[18]</a> On the day of the fast, women from <a href="Punjab_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab region">Punjab region</a> awake to eat and drink just before sunrise. In <a href="Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, celebrants eat soot feni with milk in sugar on the eve of the festival. It is said that this helps them go without water the next day. In Punjab, sargi (ਸਰਗੀ) is an important part of this pre-dawn meal and always includes <a href="Fenia_(food)" title="Fenia (food)">fenia</a>. It is traditional for the sargi to be sent or given to the fasting woman by her mother-in-law. If she lives with her mother-in-law, the pre-dawn meal is prepared by the mother-in-law. On Karva Chauth occasion, fasting women choose to wear Karva Chauth special dresses<a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a> like a traditional <a href="Sari" title="Sari">saari</a> or <a href="Lehenga" title="Lehenga">lehenga</a> to look their best. In some regions, women wear traditional dresses of their states.

The fast begins at dawn. Fasting women do not eat or drink during the day.<a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a> Hindu wives perform various kind of rituals along with a <a href="Vrata" title="Vrata">vrata</a> (fast) on Karva Chauth for their husband's long life.

In traditional observances of the fast, the fasting woman usually does no housework.<a href="#cite_note-ref98mabub-22">[21]</a> Women apply <a href="Mehandi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehandi">Mehandi</a> and other cosmetics to themselves and each other. The day passes in meeting friends and relatives. In some regions, it is customary to give and exchange painted clay pots filled with bangles, ribbons, <a href="Laapsi" title="Laapsi">home-made candy</a>, cosmetics and small cloth items (e.g., handkerchiefs). Since Karva Chauth follows soon after the <a href="Kharif_crop" title="Kharif crop">Kharif crop harvest</a> in the rural areas, it is a good time for community festivities and gift exchanges. Parents often send gifts to their married daughters and their children.

In the evening, a community women-only ceremony is held. Participants dress in fine clothing and wear <a href="Jewellery" title="Jewellery">jewellery</a> and <a href="Mehandi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehandi">mehandi</a>, and (in some regions) dress in the complete finery of their wedding dresses.<a href="#cite_note-ref38bequf-23">[22]</a> The dresses (<a href="Sari" title="Sari">Saris</a> or <a href="Lehenga" title="Lehenga">Lehangas</a>) are frequently red, gold, pink, yellow or orange, which are considered auspicious colours.<a href="#cite_note-ref94pomex-24">[23]</a> The fasters sit in a circle with their puja thalis. Depending on region and community, a version of the story of Karva Chauth is narrated, with regular pauses. The storyteller is usually an older woman or a priest, if one is present.<a href="#cite_note-ref15zezuv-25">[24]</a> The Karva Chauth puja song is sung collectively. In some parts of Uttar Pradesh, in the pauses, the singers perform the feris (passing their thalis around in the circle). While in other parts, the women keep some rice etc. in their hands while listening to the story.

The first six describe some of the activities of fast and the seventh describes the lifting of those restrictions with the conclusion of the fast. The forbidden activities include weaving cloth (kumbh chrakhra feri naa), pleading with or attempting to please anyone (ruthda maniyen naa), and awakening anyone who is asleep (suthra jagayeen naa). For the first six feris they sing[needs translation]

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</style><blockquote class="templatequote">...Veero kudiye Karvara, Sarv suhagan Karvara, Aye katti naya teri naa, Kumbh chrakhra feri naa, Aar pair payeen naa, Ruthda maniyen naa, Suthra jagayeen naa, Ve veero kuriye Karvara, Ve sarv suhagan Karvara...</blockquote>

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<blockquote class="templatequote">...Veero kudiye Karvara, Sarv suhagan Karvara, Aye katti naya teri nee, Kumbh chrakhra feri bhee, Aar pair payeen bhee, Ruthda maniyen bhee, Suthra jagayeen bhee, Ve veero kuriye Karvara, Ve sarv suhagan Karvara...</blockquote>

In Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, participants exchange karvas seven times between themselves. In Rajasthan, before offering water seven times the fasting woman is asked "Dhapi ki Ni Dhapi?" (are you satiated?), to which she responds, "Jal se Dhapi, Suhaag se na Dhapi" (I am satiated by water, but not from [love of] my husband). An alternative ritual conducted by Uttar Pradeshis is prayer of "gaur mata" the earth. Specifically, celebrants will take a bit of soil, sprinkle water, and then place kumkum on it, treating it as an idol/manifestation of the fertile <a href="Bhumi_(goddess)" title="Bhumi (goddess)">Mother Earth</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-26">[25]</a> In Rajasthan, stories are told by older women in the family, including narratives of Karva Chauth, <a href="Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>, <a href="Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a>, and <a href="Ganesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganesh">Ganesh</a>. In earlier times, an idol of <a href="Cattle_in_religion_and_mythology" title="Cattle in religion and mythology">Gaur Mata</a> was made using earth and cow dung, which has now been replaced with an idol of Parvati. In some communities, especially in and around Bangalore, a visual depiction of HG is used. Each fasting woman lights an earthen lamp in her thali while listening to the Karva story. Sindoor, incense sticks and rice are also kept in the thali.

In Uttar Pradesh, a priest or an elderly woman of the family narrates the story of beejabeti or Veeravati. Celebrants make idols of Shiva, Parvati, and Ganesha with mud and decorate them with colourful and bright clothes and jewellery. While exchanging karvas seven times, they sing<a href="#cite_note-:0-26">[25]</a>[needs translation]

<blockquote class="templatequote">...Sadaa suhagan karve lo, Pati ki pyari karve lo, Saat bhaiyon ke behen karve lo, Vart karni karve lo, Saas ki pyaari karve lo...</blockquote>

Thereafter, the fasters offer baayna (a melange of goodies like <a href="Halva" title="Halva">halwa</a>, <a href="Poori" class="mw-redirect" title="Poori">puri</a>, namkeen <a href="Mathri" title="Mathri">mathri</a>, meethi mathri, etc.) to the idols (mansana) and hand over to their mother-in-law or sister-in-law.

The fera ceremony concluded, the women await the rising of the moon. Once the moon is visible, depending on the region and community, it is customary for a fasting woman, to view the moon or its reflection in a vessel filled with water, through a <a href="Sieve" title="Sieve">sieve</a>, or through the cloth of a <a href="Dupatta" title="Dupatta">dupatta</a>. Then, the woman looks at her husband's face through the sieve. Water is offered (<a href="Surya#Arka_form" title="Surya">arka</a>) to the moon (<a href="Chandra" title="Chandra">Chandra</a>, the lunar deity) to secure its blessings. In some regions, the woman says a brief prayer asking for her husband's life. It is believed that at this stage, spiritually strengthened by her fast, the woman can successfully confront and defeat death (personified by <a href="Yama" title="Yama">Yama</a>). In Rajasthan, the women say "Like the gold necklace and the pearl bracelet, just like the moon may my suhaag always shine brightly."

Her husband then takes the water from the thali and offers it to his wife; taking her first sip of water during the day, the fast is now broken and the woman can have a complete meal.<a href="#cite_note-ref98mabub-22">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref15zezuv-25">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref72zuyax-27">[26]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_cultural_aspects_and_critiques">Popular cultural aspects and critiques</h2></div>

In modern North India and <a href="Northwestern_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern India">Northwestern India</a> society, Karva Chauth is considered to be a romantic festival, symbolising the love between a husband and wife.<a href="#cite_note-ref53jovax-28">[27]</a> It has been celebrated in <a href="Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Hindi</a> movies such as <a href="Dilwale_Dulhania_Le_Jayenge" title="Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge">Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge</a>, where an unmarried woman signals her love for a man by keeping the fast for him and he reciprocates by secretly fasting as a gesture of empathy, as well as demonstrating his concern for her during the day and breaking her fast by feeding her at moonrise, and <a href="Baghban_(2003_film)" title="Baghban (2003 film)">Baghban</a>, in which, over the telephone, a man persuades his fasting elderly wife to break her fast because they have been separated by their uncaring children.<a href="#cite_note-ref65zogoy-29">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref19zuvur-30">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref78qemig-31">[30]</a> News coverage of celebrities sometimes highlights the keeping of the fast by an unmarried public figure because it indicates a strong and likely permanent romantic attachment.<a href="#cite_note-bbc2008octj-32">[31]</a> Similar to <a href="Valentine's_Day" title="Valentine's Day">Valentine's Day</a>, the lack of a romantic partner can acutely be felt by unattached women.<a href="#cite_note-ref52zilih-33">[32]</a> The festival is used extensively in advertising campaigns in the region, for instance in a <a href="Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a> <a href="TV_spot" class="mw-redirect" title="TV spot">TV spot</a> in which a man demonstrates his caring for his wife by buying a car with a sunroof so he can drive her around on Karva Chauth night until she spots the moon through it.<a href="#cite_note-ref50vaday-34">[33]</a>

Since Karva Chauth is celebrated primarily by women (men are entirely excluded from the festival's observances until moonrise, though they are expected to demonstrate attention and concern for their fasting wives) and because beauty rituals and dressing-up are a significant part of the day, the festival is seen as an event that bonds women together.<a href="#cite_note-webdunia2009gqw-35">[34]</a> In the present day, groups of unmarried women sometimes keep the fast out of a sense of friendship, though this practice is far from universal.<a href="#cite_note-ibnlive2009hdb-36">[35]</a> This is especially true in the urban areas of North India and Northwestern India, where the fasting is interpreted as a prayer for a loving husband in the future.<a href="#cite_note-ibnlive2009hdb-36">[35]</a> Another trend in the northern urban areas is the spreading of the festival's observance to few women originating in communities and regions (such as immigrants in <a href="Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="Kumaon_division" title="Kumaon division">Kumaon</a> <a href="Garhwal_division" title="Garhwal division">Garhwal</a>) that have not traditionally celebrated Karva Chauth or even been aware of the festival's existence.<a href="#cite_note-ref72zuyax-27">[26]</a> The same is true for <a href="Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> Karva Chauth 2018 Date 27 October

In certain regions of <a href="Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>, Northeast India, and Bhutan, notably during the Karva Chauth celebrations, a distinctive tradition is observed where teenage boys actively participate in the festivities and join married women in the fasting rituals. The practice is believed to symbolise a collective aspiration for the boys to find suitable life partners in the future. There is also a spiritual dimension to this tradition, as it is said to be an act of devotion to the deity Parvati, who is venerated for her role as a symbol of marital harmony and longevity.<a href="#cite_note-ref64ruxax-1">[1]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditional_tales">Traditional tales</h2></div>

There are legends associated with the Karva Chauth festival. In some tellings, the tales are interlinked, with one acting as a <a href="Frame_story" title="Frame story">frame story</a> for another.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Story_of_Queen_Veeravati">Story of Queen Veeravati</h3></div>

A beautiful queen called Veeravati was the only sister of seven loving brothers. She spent her first Karva Chauth as a married woman at her parents' house. She began a strict fast after sunrise but, by evening, was desperately waiting for the moonrise as she suffered severe thirst and hunger. Her seven brothers couldn't bear to see their sister in such distress and created a mirror in a <a href="Sacred_fig" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred fig">pipal tree</a> that made it look as though the moon had risen.<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> The sister mistook it for the moon and broke her fast. The moment she took the first morsel of food, she sneezed. In her second morsel she found hair. After the third she learned the news of her husband, the king, was dead. Heartbroken, she wept through the night until her shakti compelled a goddess to appear and ask why she crying. When the queen explained her distress, the goddess revealed how she had been tricked by her brothers and instructed her to repeat the Karva Chauth fast with complete devotion. When Veeravati repeated the fast, <a href="Yama" title="Yama">Yama</a> was forced to restore her husband to life.<a href="#cite_note-ref94behoc-39">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref85peqic-40">[39]</a>

In a variant of this story, the brothers build a massive fire behind a mountain instead and trick their sister by convincing her that the glow is the moon. She breaks her fast and word arrives that her beloved husband has died. She immediately begins running to her husband's house, which is somewhat distant, and is intercepted by <a href="Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>-<a href="Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a>. Parvati reveals the trickery to her, cuts her own little finger to give the wife a few drops of her holy blood, and instructs her to be careful in keeping the complete fast in the future. The wife sprinkles Parvati's blood on her dead husband and, coming back to life, they are reunited.<a href="#cite_note-ref15zezuv-25">[24]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legend_of_Mahabharata">Legend of Mahabharata</h3></div>

The belief in this fast and its associated rituals is associated with a legend of the <a href="Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>. <a href="Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>, too, is said to have observed this fast. Once <a href="Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> went to the <a href="Nilgiris" class="mw-redirect" title="Nilgiris">Nilgiris</a> for penance and the rest of the <a href="Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> faced many problems in his absence. Draupadi, out of desperation, remembered <a href="Lord_Krishna" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Krishna">Krishna</a> and asked for help. Krishna reminded her that on an earlier occasion, when <a href="Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a> had sought <a href="Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>'s guidance under similar circumstances, she had been advised to observe the fast of Karva Chauth. In some tellings of this legend, Shiva tells Parvati the story of Veeravati to describe the Karva Chauth fast. Draupadi followed the instructions and observed the fast with all its rituals. Consequently, the Pandavas were able to overcome their problems.<a href="#cite_note-ref85peqic-40">[39]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_legend_of_Karva">The legend of Karva</h3></div>

A woman named Karva was deeply devoted to her husband. Her intense love towards him gave her shakti (spiritual power). While bathing at a river, her husband was caught by a crocodile. Karva bound the crocodile with cotton yarn and asked <a href="Yama" title="Yama">Yama</a> (the god of death) to send the crocodile to hell. Yama refused. Karva threatened to curse Yama and destroy him. Yama, afraid of being cursed by a <a href="Pativrata" title="Pativrata">pativrata</a> (devoted) wife, sent the crocodile to hell and blessed Karva's husband with a long life. Karva and her husband enjoyed many years of wedded bliss. To this day, Karva Chauth is celebrated with great faith and belief.<a href="#cite_note-ref98vopal-41">[40]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satyavan_and_Savitri">Satyavan and Savitri</h3></div>

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When Yama came to procure <a href="Satyavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyavan">Satyavan</a>'s soul, Savitri begged him to grant him life. When he refused, she stopped eating and drinking and followed Yama who carried away her dead husband. Yama said that she could ask for any other boon except for the life of her husband. Savitri asked that she be blessed with children. Yama agreed. Being a pativrata (devoted) wife, Savitri would never let any other man be the father of her children. Yama was left with no other choice but to restore Savitri's husband to life.<a href="#cite_note-ref94behoc-39">[38]</a>

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<li><a href="Varalakshmi_Vratam" title="Varalakshmi Vratam">Varalakshmi Vratam</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-21"><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a> <cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.firstpost.com/india/karwa-chauth-2020-date-time-significance-of-fast-observed-by-women-for-long-life-of-their-husbands-8975761.html">"Karwa Chauth 2020: Date, time, significance of fast observed by women for long life of their husbands"</a>. Firstpost. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref98mabub-22">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ref98mabub_22-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref98mabub_22-1">b</a> <cite id="CITEREFNaomi_JacksonToni_Shapiro-Phim2008" class="citation cs2">Naomi Jackson; Toni Shapiro-Phim (2008), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nMwHUUreHCgC">Dance, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Dignity in Motion</a>, Rowman & Littlefield, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-8108-6149-7</bdi>, <q>... several Indian feminists have talked about the ways in which Indian, specifically Hindu, women have found it empowering to hold onto religious practices ... the Karwachauth ... meant that she had a day off once a year and a new sari at the end of it ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref38bequf-23"><a href="#cite_ref-ref38bequf_23-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFPublications_Division1985" class="citation cs2">Publications Division (1985), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4FVDAAAAYAAJ">Indian and foreign review, Volume 23</a>, Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, <q>... the typically North Indian festival of Karwa Chauth when wives fast for the longevity of their husbands. On this day a woman relives her wedding day. Dressed in her wedding clothes, with hands and feet ritually decorated with Mehndi ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref94pomex-24"><a href="#cite_ref-ref94pomex_24-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFRobert_JacksonEleanor_M._Nesbitt1993" class="citation cs2">Robert Jackson; Eleanor M. Nesbitt (1993), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=i87kAAAAMAAJ">Hindu children in Britain</a>, Trentham, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-948080-73-9</bdi>, <q>... this day, which falls about eleven days before the all-India festival of Divali, wives dress up in bridal colours (red and gold) ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref15zezuv-25">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ref15zezuv_25-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref15zezuv_25-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref15zezuv_25-2">c</a> <cite id="CITEREFA.H.W._Sameer2003" class="citation cs2">A.H.W. Sameer (2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ksKbk6gCebYC">Hindu Vrat Kathayen</a>, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd., <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-288-0375-8</bdi>, <q>... The women tell among themselves the story of Karwa Chauth on this day. Sometimes a Brahmin priest tells this story and gets a gift in return ... The married women receive costly gifts from their husbands, brothers and parents on this ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-:0-26">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_26-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_26-1">b</a> <cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://indianculture.gov.in/stories/karva-chauth">"Karwa Chauth"</a>. INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 2 November 2020.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref72zuyax-27">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ref72zuyax_27-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref72zuyax_27-1">b</a> <cite id="CITEREFMadhusree_Dutta,_Neera_Adarkar,_Majlis_Organization_(Bombay)1996" class="citation cs2">Madhusree Dutta, Neera Adarkar, Majlis Organization (Bombay) (1996), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=clVkXbbcrhIC">The nation, the state, and Indian identity</a>, Popular Prakashan, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-85604-09-1</bdi>, <q>... originally was practised by women in Punjab and parts of UP, is gaining tremendous popularity ... We found women of all classes and regional communities ... all said they too were observing the Karwa Chauth Vrat for their husbands' longevity. All of them had dekha-dekhi (in imitation) followed a trend which made them feel special on this one day. Husbands paid them undivided attention and showered them with gifts. The women from the bastis go to beauty parlours to have their hair set and hands decorated with mehendi ... As an instrument of social control, rituals work insidiously. Deeply ingrained in the consciousness of Hindu women, reinforced by modern forms, we do not know which is the greater barrier to women's liberation: religion or the market ...</q></cite><code class="cs1-code">{{citation}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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<li id="cite_note-ref53jovax-28"><a href="#cite_ref-ref53jovax_28-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFRama_Bijapurkar2008" class="citation cs2">Rama Bijapurkar (2008), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1B4fhk9Wsj4C">Winning in the Indian Market: Understanding the Transformation of Consumer India</a>, John Wiley and Sons, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-470-82199-2</bdi>, <q>... Karwa Chauth is a romantic old north Indian ritual, where the wife fasts all day for the well‐being of her husband, then when the moon rises, she looks at the Moon and her husband's face and he feeds her the first morsel of food that ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref65zogoy-29"><a href="#cite_ref-ref65zogoy_29-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFVeena_DasDipankar_GuptaPatricia_Uberoi1999" class="citation cs2">Veena Das; Dipankar Gupta; Patricia Uberoi (1999), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_6nZAAAAMAAJ">Tradition, pluralism and identity</a>, Sage Publications, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-7619-9381-0</bdi>, <q>... breaking the Karwa Chauth fast with Raj. and she realises that this must be the boy that Simran had fallen in love with ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref19zuvur-30"><a href="#cite_ref-ref19zuvur_30-0">^</a> <cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rGhDAAAAYAAJ">India today, Volume 30</a>, Thomson Living Media India Ltd., 2005, <q>... rattling of empty steel thalis to ensure the famished wife at the other end eats her Karwa chauth meal as in Baghban ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref78qemig-31"><a href="#cite_ref-ref78qemig_31-0">^</a> <cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0bgaAQAAIAAJ">India today international</a>, Living Media International Ltd., 2006, <q>... courtship, misunderstanding, reconciliation, wedding, Karwa chauth, pregnancy ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-bbc2008octj-32"><a href="#cite_ref-bbc2008octj_32-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFRehana_Bastiwala2008" class="citation cs2">Rehana Bastiwala (27 October 2008), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/entertainment/story/2008/10/081027_bollywood_dairy_sen.shtml">"کروا چوتھ (Bollywood Diary: Karwa Chauth)"</a>, BBC, <q>... امیشا نے بھی اپنے قریبی دوست کانو پوری کے لیے برت رکھا۔ دلچسپ بات تو یہ ہے کہ امیشا کا یہ برت کانو نے پانی پلا کر نہیں بلکہ شیمپئین پلا کر کھلوایا۔ انہوں نے امیشا کو ہیرے جڑی ایک گھڑی بھی تحفے میں دی (Amisha Patel also kept a fast for her close friend, Kanav Puri. In an interesting twist, Kanav helped Amisha break her fast not with water, but with a sip of champagne. He also gifted Amisha a diamond-studded watch) ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref52zilih-33"><a href="#cite_ref-ref52zilih_33-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFAdvaita_Kala2009" class="citation cs2">Advaita Kala (2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KQH17whDlWsC">Almost Single</a>, Random House, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-553-38610-3</bdi></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref50vaday-34"><a href="#cite_ref-ref50vaday_34-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFRajan_Saxena2005" class="citation cs2">Rajan Saxena (2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=c9869T3ZxDsC">Marketing Management</a>, Tata McGraw-Hill, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-07-059953-6</bdi>, <q>... Taking the situation of a wife waiting for the moon to appear on Karwa Chauth night ... until she is able to sight the moon from the car's sunroof ... The marketer was able to successfully communicate a feature of the car by using "love and care" as emotions ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-webdunia2009gqw-35"><a href="#cite_ref-webdunia2009gqw_35-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFNaynika_Mehra2009" class="citation cs2">Naynika Mehra (7 October 2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hindi.webdunia.com/miscellaneous/woman/articles/0910/07/1091007022_1.htm">"करवा चौथ का श्रृंगार (Beauty treatments for Karwa Chauth)"</a>, Webdunia Hindi, <q>... सुंदर और आकर्षक कपड़ों-गहनों के साथ ही श्रृंगार का भी उत्सवों पर एक अलग ही आनंद आ जाता है। उस पर भी यदि बात करवा चौथ जैसे त्योहार की हो तो बनने-सँवरने का उत्साह चरम पर पहुँच जाता है। हर महिला इस दिन कुछ अलग दिखना चाहती है। आइए हम देते हैं कुछ टिप्स इस करवा चौथ पर ताकि आप दिखें सबसे खास। (Beautiful and attractive jewelry and clothes, along with make-up, are so enjoyable on festivals. On top of that if it's a festival like Karwa Chauth, the zest to beautify oneself reaches its zenith. Any woman wants to look striking on this day. Come, let us share some tips, so you can look the most special of them all ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ibnlive2009hdb-36">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ibnlive2009hdb_36-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ibnlive2009hdb_36-1">b</a> <cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110713023148/http://khabar.ibnlive.in.com/news/20955/11">"कुंआरी लड़कियां भी रख रही हैं करवाचौथ व्रत (Unmarried women are also keeping the Karwa Chauth fast)"</a>, IBN Live, 6 October 2009, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://khabar.ibnlive.in.com/news/20955/11">the original</a> on 13 July 2011, <q>... 'मुझे करवाचौथ का व्रत रखना बहुत पसंद है। मेरी सहेलियां भी व्रत रखती हैं इसलिए मैं भी व्रत रखती हूं ताकि मुझे ऐसा वर मिले जो मेरे साथ कदम से कदम मिलाकर चले।' ... धीरे-धीरे ये चलन बड़े शहरों में भी देखने को मिल रहा है। आखिर कौन नहीं चाहेगा कि उसे बेहद प्यार करने वाला जीवनसाथी मिले। ('I really like keeping the Karwa Chauth fast. My friends fast, so I do as well, so I get a partner who walks side by side with me through life' ... gradually this practice is becoming prevalent in larger cities. After all, who wouldn't want a life-partner who loves them intensely ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFJain2008" class="citation news cs1">Jain, Ankur (17 October 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Karva-Chauth-comes-to-Gujarat/articleshow/3605993.cms">"Karva Chauth comes to Gujarat"</a>. The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2020.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-38"><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a> <cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.memeraki.com/blogs/posts/karva-chauth-sacred-stories-behind-the-fasting-ritual?srsltid=AfmBOorGZ8CoEKRJepC6KOyo4eJBOf2zaxg3Z_lEFPGyG3JdazV3oOse">"करवा चौथ व्रत की कथा"</a>. करवा चौथ व्रत की कथा. Retrieved 20 May 2023.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref94behoc-39">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ref94behoc_39-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref94behoc_39-1">b</a> <cite id="CITEREFS.P._SharmaSeema_Gupta2006" class="citation cs2">S.P. Sharma; Seema Gupta (2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=54MSg3a63WgC">Fairs and Festivals of India</a>, Pustak Mahal, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-223-0951-5</bdi>, <q>... The only sister of seven loving brothers, she was married to a king. On the occasion of the first Karwa Chauth after her marriage, she went to her parents' house. After sunrise, she observed a strict fast. However, Veeravati couldn't ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref85peqic-40">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ref85peqic_40-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref85peqic_40-1">b</a> <cite id="CITEREFSelva_J._RajWilliam_P._Harman2006" class="citation cs2">Selva J. Raj; William P. Harman (2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ov2oltTLinkC">Dealing With Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia</a>, SUNY Press, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-7914-6708-4</bdi>, <q>... Krishna recounting to Draupadi a story that he had heard Shiva tell Parvati. The core of the tale involves a human woman, Virvati ...</q></cite>

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<li id="cite_note-ref98vopal-41"><a href="#cite_ref-ref98vopal_41-0">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFColleen_Yim2008" class="citation cs2">Colleen Yim (2008), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xteudBGBIuoC">Veiled gurus: a Hindu mother's experiential involvement in religious knowledge transmission</a>, University Press of America, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-7618-3775-6</bdi>, <q>... Yamraj told Karwa that the crocodile still had to live few more years ... Karwa told him ... she would destroy him by putting a curse on him. Yamraj got scared ...</q></cite>

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<ul><li><a href="Aadi_Perukku" title="Aadi Perukku">Aadi Perukku</a></li>

<li><a href="Bhaubeej" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhaubeej">Bhaubeej</a></li>

<li><a href="Datta_Jayanti" title="Datta Jayanti">Datta Jayanti</a></li>

<li><a href="Dhanteras" title="Dhanteras">Dhanteras</a></li>

<li><a href="Gaura_(festival)" title="Gaura (festival)">Gaura Parva</a></li>

<li><a href="Gowri_Habba" class="mw-redirect" title="Gowri Habba">Gowri Habba</a></li>

<li><a href="Hanuman_Jayanti" title="Hanuman Jayanti">Hanuman Jayanti</a></li>

<li><a href="Karthika_Deepam" title="Karthika Deepam">Karthika Deepam</a></li>

<li><a href="Kashmiri_Hindu_festivals" title="Kashmiri Hindu festivals">Kashmiri Hindu festivals</a></li>

<li><a href="Lakshmi_Puja" title="Lakshmi Puja">Lakshmi Puja</a></li>

<li><a href="Kumbh_Mela" title="Kumbh Mela">Kumbh Mela</a></li>

<li><a href="Mahalakshmi_Vrata" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahalakshmi Vrata">Mahalakshmi Vrata</a></li>

<li><a href="Mahamaham" title="Mahamaham">Mahamaham</a></li>

<li><a href="Panguni_Uthiram" title="Panguni Uthiram">Panguni Uthiram</a></li>

<li><a href="Pargat_Diwas" title="Pargat Diwas">Pargat Diwas</a></li>

<li><a href="Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li>

<li><a href="Ratha-Yatra" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratha-Yatra">Ratha-Yatra</a></li>

<li><a href="Savitri_Vrata" title="Savitri Vrata">Savitri Vrata</a></li>

<li><a href="Tulasi_Vivaha" title="Tulasi Vivaha">Tulasi Vivaha</a></li>

<li><a href="Vaikasi_Visakam" title="Vaikasi Visakam">Vaikasi Visakam</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%;background:#FFC569;">Holy days</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Akshaya_Tritiya" title="Akshaya Tritiya">Akshaya Tritiya</a></li>

<li><a href="Amalaka_Ekadashi" title="Amalaka Ekadashi">Amalaka Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Amavasya" title="Amavasya">Amavasya</a></li>

<li><a href="Ananta_Chaturdashi" title="Ananta Chaturdashi">Ananta Chaturdashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Ashadhi_Ekadashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashadhi Ekadashi">Ashadhi Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Guru_Purnima" title="Guru Purnima">Guru Purnima</a></li>

<li><a href="Kamada_Ekadashi" title="Kamada Ekadashi">Kamada Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Kartik_Purnima" class="mw-redirect" title="Kartik Purnima">Kartik Purnima</a></li>

<li><a href="Naga_Panchami" title="Naga Panchami">Naga Panchami</a></li>

<li><a href="Naraka_Chaturdashi" title="Naraka Chaturdashi">Naraka Chaturdashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Narali_Purnima" class="mw-redirect" title="Narali Purnima">Narali Purnima</a></li>

<li><a href="Nirjala_Ekadashi" title="Nirjala Ekadashi">Nirjala Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Pausha_Putrada_Ekadashi" title="Pausha Putrada Ekadashi">Pausha Putrada Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Prabodhini_Ekadashi" title="Prabodhini Ekadashi">Prabodhini Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Pradosha" title="Pradosha">Pradosha</a></li>

<li><a href="Rishi_Panchami" title="Rishi Panchami">Rishi Panchami</a></li>

<li><a href="Sankashti_Chaturthi" title="Sankashti Chaturthi">Sankashti Chaturthi</a></li>

<li><a href="Sharad_Purnima" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharad Purnima">Sharad Purnima</a></li>

<li><a href="Shayani_Ekadashi" title="Shayani Ekadashi">Shayani Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Shravana_Putrada_Ekadashi" title="Shravana Putrada Ekadashi">Shravana Putrada Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Vaikuntha_Ekadashi" title="Vaikuntha Ekadashi">Vaikuntha Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Varuthini_Ekadashi" title="Varuthini Ekadashi">Varuthini Ekadashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Vasant_Panchami" title="Vasant Panchami">Vasant Panchami</a></li>

<li><a href="Vat_Purnima" class="mw-redirect" title="Vat Purnima">Vat Purnima</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%;background:#FFC569;"><a href="Balinese_people" title="Balinese people">Balinese festivals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Galungan" title="Galungan">Galungan</a></li>

<li><a href="Nyepi" title="Nyepi">Nyepi</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%;background:#FFC569;">Holy periods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Chaturmasya" title="Chaturmasya">Chaturmasya</a></li>

<li><a href="Pitru_Paksha" title="Pitru Paksha">Pitru Paksha</a></li>

<li><a href="Uttarayana" title="Uttarayana">Uttarayana</a></li>

<li><a href="Dakshinayana" title="Dakshinayana">Dakshinayana</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li> Hindu festivals</li></ul>

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