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Karva Chauth (Hindi: करवा चौथ) is a one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women in North India in which married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands. The fast is observed in the states of Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh western Bihar Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Haryana Punjab Rajasthan Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. The festival falls on the fourth day after the full moon in the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Kartik.
