Karwa Chauth moonrise time 2026 in Bengaluru

It is kept on the day the Chaturthi holds at moonrise in your city, the date shown at the top of this page. A calendar that follows another rule, or a city abroad, can arrive at a different day.

We compute Karwa Chauth for cities in India. Abroad, the same rule applies to the local moonrise, so the day can fall on a different calendar date from India's. A panchang made for your own city is the right guide.

The moon rises later as you go west, and its rising also shifts with latitude, so each city has its own time. The time shown is the moment the moon's upper edge reaches a flat horizon, with the air's refraction, which is how moonrise is defined. Hills, tall buildings or haze can delay the first sight by a few minutes, and calendars that define moonrise differently can show a time a few minutes apart.

Yes. Many women keep the puja at home, alone or with family, when no group is nearby. The steps are the same: the evening puja with the karwa, the katha read or heard, and the offering to the moon once it has risen.

By our calculation, Venus is within the classical limit of the Sun (8 degrees while it moves backward, as the Phaladeepika gives it) from 19 to 28 October 2026, and moves past it on the morning of 29 October. The Nirnaya Sindhu lists beginning or completing a vrata among the acts not done while Venus is set, or in its 'young' and 'old' days around that time. Those already keeping the vrat usually keep it as every year; families planning a first Karwa Chauth this year usually follow their elders' or family priest's guidance. Panchangs reckon Venus's setting in different ways, so the dates they give can differ.