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  2. Karva Chauth - Wikipedia

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    Karva Chauth 2018 Date 27 October In certain regions of Bengal, Northeast India, and Bhutan, notably during the Karva Chauth celebrations, a distinctive tradition is observed where teenage boys actively participate in the festivities and join married women in the fasting rituals. The practice is believed to symbolize a collective aspiration for ...

  3. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Women observing Karva Chauth Four days after purnima (a full moon ) in the month of Ashvin ( amanta ) Kartika ( purnimanta ). Like many Hindu festivals, Karva Chauth is based on the lunisolar calendar which accounts for all astronomical positions, especially positions of the moon which is used as a marker to calculate important dates.

  4. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The dates of the lunar cycle based festivals vary significantly on the Gregorian calendar and at times by several weeks. The solar cycle based ancient Hindu festivals almost always fall on the same Gregorian date every year and if they vary in an exceptional year, it is by one day. [60]

  5. Kārtika (month) - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects ... Karwa Chauth (Purnimanta/Solar) ... This page was last edited on 19 December 2024, ...

  6. Punjabi festivals - Wikipedia

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    Jharkri is a clay pot in which dry sweet dishes are kept. Mothers are required to eat something sweet in the morning and then fast all day. Jhakrya fast is observed four days after Karva Chauth and is related to Hoi Mata. A mother who keeps Jhakrya da varat for the first time will distribute the sweets kept in the Jhakri to her husband's clan.

  7. List of Sindhi Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Orthodox or strict Sindhi women do not even drink a sip of water until they break their fast. In the night after making an offering to the moon, they would break the fast. This is also referred to as the Sindhi version of Karwa Chauth [4] 6. Akhan Teej [5] In Sindh, Akshaya Tritiya is known as Akhandi which is celebrated in Vaisakha. On this ...

  8. List of date formats by country - Wikipedia

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    Writers have traditionally written abbreviated dates according to their local custom, creating all-numeric equivalents to day–month formats such as "26 December 2024" (26/12/24, 26/12/2024, 26-12-2024 or 26.12.2024) and month–day formats such as "December 26, 2024" (12/26/24 or 12/26/2024). This can result in dates that are impossible to ...

  9. Chaturthi - Wikipedia

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    Vinayaka Chaturthi is the Chaturthi after Amavasya or new moon. Devotees observe the fast for full day and night and meal is consumed the next day. This fast is mostly observed in Western and Southern India especially by the Brahmin community (Smarta or Shaiva).