Karwa Chauth 2026 in Chunga, Lusaka Province, Zambia Moonrise 21:50, Thu 29 Oct

Festival · times in CAT

When is Karwa Chauth 2026 in Chunga?

Thursday 29 October

Kartika Krishna Chaturthi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Chaturthi (amanta)

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Thu 29 Oct in Chunga

Karwa Chauth moonrise in Chunga: what time?

Moonrise in Chunga

21:50

Thursday 29 October · CAT

The fast ends when the moon is seen.

Moonrise is the Moon’s upper edge on a level horizon; hills, buildings or haze can hide it for longer.

Karwa Chauth timings: sargi, fast, puja, moonrise

Thursday 29 October
04:00–05:32SargiBrahma Muhurta to sunrise · Tithika’s convention
05:32–21:50Fastsunrise to moonrise · Tithika’s convention
18:09–20:25Karwa Chauth puja muhuratfrom sunset, in pradosha, before moonrise · Tithika’s convention
21:50Moonrisethe fast ends

Open in TithikaSee Karwa Chauth's date in each of your places, side by side.

Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules

The same for every city, on the Karwa Chauth 2026 page:

Why is Karwa Chauth on Thu 29 Oct in Chunga?

Karwa Chauth is on Thu 29 Oct: Chaturthi touches moonrise on neither night, and the later day is taken.

Moonrise at 20:45 is Tritiya; Chaturthi begins at 21:37. Chaturthi: 21:37 to 18:40 Thu.

Chaturthi ended at 18:40; moonrise at 21:50 is Panchami. Chaturthi: 21:37 Wed to 18:40.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Line: Moonrise. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.

The Karwa Chauth fast is broken at moonrise. Chaturthi runs from 21:37 on Wed 28 Oct to 18:40 on Thu 29 Oct, between the two nights’ moonrise, touching neither. The Dharmasindhu then takes the later day: Thu 29 Oct.

The rule

Kartika Krishna Chaturthi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Chaturthi (amanta)

The Karwa Chauth fast is broken at moonrise.

Smarta: the night whose moonrise Chaturthi holds; when it touches both, the earlier; when neither, the later (Dharmasindhu).
Vaishnava: the Smarta day.