Simar prem karwa chowth in 2017
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Karwa Chauth 2017: Why this day is significant
New Delhi: The festival of Karwa Chauth where women observe a day-long fast for the long life of their respective husbands is revered across the nation.
This year, the festival happens to be on October 8.
Simar prem karwa chowth in 2017
It usually falls on the fourth day after the full moon, in the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Kartik.
Not just married women but unmarried girls also observe the Karwa Chauth fast to get desired husbands or for their fiances.
This day has various legends related to its origin.
According to one belief, Karwa means pot and Chauth refers to the fourth day as per Hindu calendar.
Some say that this day was celebrated because in the bygone era men would leave their wives and kids at home to fight the war at a far away place, so their better halves would pray for their healthy, long life.
Also, some associated it with the wheat-sowing time, when big pots called Karwas are used to keep the Rabi crop, suggesting a fast to be