Karwa Chauth festival is celebrated by Hindu married women with great enthusiasm and spirit. It is a major festival of North and North Western India. The festival of Karwa chauth is celebrated about nine days prior to Diwali-the festival of lights, on the fourth day of the waning moon in the Hindu month of Kartik, around October-November.

This festival is a symbol of the unflagging loyalty of a wife towards her husband. All Hindu married women, old and young, begin their fast on the day of Karva Chauth, well before sunrise and have food and water only after spotting the moon in the sky. The women strictly adhere to the guidelines laid down for the fast and give up food and water for one complete day.

Tips to spend time without getting tired
In spite of being one of the toughest fasts, karva chauth is the most awaited festival of the year and is welcomed by married woman with great fervor. The entire day of fasting can be enjoyed without any feeling of tiredness. Here are few tips to make the day more joyous -

• Married women can gather together and enjoy singing the songs of Karwa Chauth.
• For a newly-wed woman, karva chauth is particularly special, as they get decked up in their bridal lehnga-choli. So, they spend their time in arranging all the matching accessories to look gorgeous in the evening.
• They can also watch religious movies or serials on the television to spend time on this auspicious day.
• They can also spend their day in decorating their pooja thali with lots of accessories.

On the day of Karwa Chauth, market gets flooded with all the things that symbolize and reflect the marital status of a woman, such as jewelry, bangles, henna, bindi, lehnga choli and many other traditional gifts. It is also known as one the most romantic festival of all the Hindu festivals celebrated in India. The festival cherishes and glorifies the marital bliss experience by married Hindu women. In the evening, the husband reciprocate by indulging their wife by pampering them with love and by presenting a memorable gift. Married women receive beautiful Karwa Chauth gifts from their husbands and relatives on this day, as a gesture of their love and care.