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Friday, October 22, 2010

Karwa Chauth 2010

Reference: mypanchang.com

Someone called me and said karwa chauth. dot com says "This year Karwa Chauth is on 25th October and your own mypanchang.com says 26th. What's the truth?  Like anyone will say I am right! I am right! hence i said I am right but i don't like to say that without explanation. I've no clue why some sites say 25th October 2010. When I was visiting Vancouver BC last week. Mr. Ganesh Nanda from Nanda Jewellers also raised the same point, saying some people says 25th and some say 26th October. Which is true please punditji explain us.

Rule for karwa chauth:


Common misconception:
Most people believe that it's a 4th night after purnima. Actually  its not the 4th night from purnima but the 4th tithi after purnima which is chaturthi tithi prevailing during the moonrise.

More detailed rule as per dharmashastra.

Tithi Chaturthi must prevail during moonrise if not take the second day. It's not the 4th day after purnima but chaturthi tithi visible during moonrise. That's the important rule.

On the moonrise time of the 25th October chaturthi is visible only in the one place in the whole world is -- Hawaii, rest of the world tritiya is visible at the moonrise of 25th october. Hence 25th cannot be taken for karwa chauth.  When chaturthi isn't visible during the moonrise of both days then  we need to take the second day. Hence we have to take 26th October for karwa chauth for the rest of the world. If you are reading this please change your website to reflect the correct date.

I have no idea where karwa chauth dot com getting ideas about 25th. :) The actual date is only for Hawaii karwa chauth is on 25th October for rest of the world including india, united states, and everywhre its october 26th 2010.

2010 Karwa Chauth Dates:
Only in Hawaii:  October 25th 2010
Rest of the world: October 26th 2010

Knowing moonrise time:
Please visit http://www.mypanchang.com/panchang.html and then select your country, state and city from drop down menus and click show panchang. Then you can select Horizontal or vertical or any format panchangam and then scroll down to Oct 26th 2010 and check Moonrise. That's the moonrise time. Now what if moon isn't visible? Please read following article: http://www.mypanchang.com/when-to-break-fast-on-sankashta-chaturthi.php

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