Karwa Chauth, an auspicious festival celebrated by women in the northern part of India is a festival celebrated by married women.

On this day, married women observe a fast for their husband's happy and long life.

Women observe a nirjala vrat (one in which neither do they drink water nor consume food for the entire day) they ray to Goddess Parvati, Lord Shiva and Lord Ganesh Women get all dolled up and begin their fast before sunrise and end it after seeing the moon.

The origin of Karwa Chauth can be traced back to Mahabharata when Savitri begged the god of death, Lord Yama for her husband's soul.

People even say that this auspicious festival came into existence when Draupadi observed a strict fast for her husband Arjuna's return.

This year, the festival of Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on the 13th October. While the fast timings will be observed from 6:20 am to 8:09 PM, muhurat for puja will be from 5:54 pm to 7:09 pm. The expected time for the moon's rise is 8:09 pm. Moreover, the Chaturthi tithi begins at 01:59 am on the 13th and ends at 03:08 am on October 14th.

Here's a city-wise list of moonrise across the nation-

New Delhi - 08:24 pm

Mumbai (Maharashtra) - 08:48 pm

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) - 08:09 pm

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) - 08:29 pm

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) - 08:04 pm

Chandigarh - 08:06 pm

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) - 08:02 pm

Lucknow (UP) - 07:58 pm

Jaipur (Rajasthan) - 08:19 pm

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) - 07:52 pm

Kolkata (West Bengal) - 07:37 pm

Madurai - 08:43 pm

Gangtok (Sikkim) - 07:26 pm

Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) - 07:06 pm

Dispur (Assam) - 07:15 pm

Kohima (Nagaland) - 07:07 pm

Imphal (Manipur) - 07:09 pm

Aizawl (Mizoram) - 07:16 pm

Agartala (Tripura) - 07:22 pm

Shillong (Meghalaya) - 07:16 pm

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) - 08:40 pm

Bhopal (MP) - 08:21 pm

Panaji (Goa) - 08:51 pm

Patna (Bihar) - 07:44 pm

Ranchi (Jharkhand) - 07:48 pm

Raipur (Chattisgarh) - 08:07 pm

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) - 08:28 pm

Bangalore (Karnataka) - 08:40 pm

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) - 08:51 pm

Srinagar - 08:06 pm

Puducherry - 08:33 pm

Pune - 08:45 pm

Vellore - 08:34 pm

Gurgaon - 08:11 pm

Noida - 08:09 pm

Puja and Muhurat time-

New Delhi - 05:54 pm to 07:09 pm

Pune - 06:14 pm to 07:27 pm

Chennai - 05:51 pm to 07:04 pm

Kolkata - 05:13 pm to 06:27 pm

Hyderabad - 05:56 pm to 07:09 pm

Ahmedabad - 06:16 pm to 07:30 pm

Noida - 05:53 pm to 07:08 pm

Jaipur - 06:01 pm to 07:15 pm

Mumbai - 06:17 pm to 07:31 pm

Gurgaon - 05:55 pm to 07:09 pm

Bengaluru - 06:02 pm to 07:15 pm

Chandigarh - 05:54 pm to 07:09 pm