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Karwa Chauth will be marked on October 13 this year. Married Hindu women observe a nirjala vrat for the long lives of their husbands during this festival. Check out best wishes, images, greetings and messages in this article to send to your loved ones on this special day. Read more

Fasting without food and water can be challenging and the food served in the sargi thali helps the woman to fast conveniently without any health concerns like acidity or headaches. Here are best and worst foods to include in your sargi thali.

Former Bigg Boss contestant Kishwer Merchantt and her mother-in-law look cheerful as they flaunt their beautiful mehndi designs during their Karwa Chauth fasting. Check out her son Nirvair's reaction

From Shilpa Shetty to Mouni Roy, here’s how your favourite B-Town celebrities are preparing for Karwa Chauth. See pics

Mehndi has a cooling property as per Ayurveda and it can help in tackling skin issues like allergy, burns and rashes. While natural mehndi is good for your skin, one with chemicals can have serious side-effects. It can cause skin diseases and allergies or worsen symptoms of already existing skin allergies or diseases. One may feel itching, burning, swelling in skin due to reaction with the chemical. Know more from Ayurveda expert

As you begin fasting this Karwa Chauth do not forget these important rules and rituals. From sargi, baya to Karwa Chauth Katha, here's all you want to know about fasting rules of the festial. Know more

From Janhvi Kapoor to Tara Sutaria, here are some celeb-inspired Karwa Chauth looks if you are a newlywed and celebrating the festival for the first time. Read more here.

"Firsts are always special," wrote Mouni Roy as she gears up for her first Karwa Chauth after her marriage with entrepreneur Suraj Nambiar on January 27 this year in Goa. The duo got married as per both Bengali and South Indian rituals in the presence of their family and close buddies.

TV actress and breast cancer survivor Chhavi Hussein is all set for Karwa Chauth. She took to Instagram to share a heartwarming video with her 3.5 years old son Arham Hussein where he's feeding her water as she waits for her mehndi to dry. The actress is married to Mohit Hussein.

Every festival has its unique set of rituals. During Karwa Chauth, married women also various rituals to make their fast more meaningful. Read on to know all about them. From adorning their hands with beautiful mehndi designs and feet with alta, married women who observe fast also wear traditional clothes, preferably in red hues, jewellery and do solah shringar. Before breaking the fast, married women get together to listen to the Karwa Chauth Katha and perform puja in the evening for the long lives of their husbands. Read all about the Karwa Chauth rituals

There are multiple legends associated with Karwa Chauth. From the brave Karva Devi and Savitri who demanded their husbands' souls back to Draupadi who kept a fast for Arjun on the behest of Lord Krishna to ensure his safe return from Nilgiris. 

Karwa means earthen pots and chauth means the fourth day. The festival is celebrated on the fourth day of Hindu month of Kartik, roughly 10 days after Dussehra and 10 days before Diwali. During the festival, married women buy new earthen pots to decorate with attractive designs and put sweets and bangles inside. Karwa Chauth is widely celebrated in the northern parts of India, including Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan.

According to drikpanchang, this year, Karwa Chauth puja muhurat begins at 6:36 pm and end at 7:50 pm on October 13. The Karwa Chauth fasting time is from 7:01 am to 9:01 pm today (October 13). It will last for 14 hours. The expected moonrise time on Karwa Chauth is 9:01 pm.