Karwa Chauth -- also known as Karaka Chaturthi -- is celebrated on the fourth day after the full Moon in the month of Kartik according to the Hindu calender.
Married Hindu women observe a day-long fast from dawn to moonrise and wish for the long lives of their husbands, as they did on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.
IMAGE: A woman looks through the chhalani (sieve) while performing rituals on the occasion of Karwa Chauth in Jaipur. All photographs: ANI Photo
IMAGE: A woman breaks her Karwa Chauth fast at the sighting of the moon in Jammu.
IMAGE: Married women look at the moon through a sieve before breaking her fast on the occasion of Karwa Chauth in Bhopal.
IMAGE: Karwa Chauth in Prayagraj.
IMAGE: Karva Chauth in Bikaner.
IMAGE: Married Hindu women observe a fast throughout the day and break it in the evening after looking at the moon through a sieve to seek a long life for their husbands.
IMAGE: Karwa Chauth in Prayagraj, here and below.
IMAGE: Karwa Chauth in Jalandhar.
IMAGE: Married women take a selfie during Karwa Chauth in Jalandhar.
IMAGE: Karwa Chauth in Jalandhar.
IMAGE: Karwa Chauth in Patna.
IMAGE: India's Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and his wife Sheffali Thakur pose for a picture during Karwa Chauth in New Delhi.
IMAGE: Taking a selfie during Karwa Chauth in Patna.
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