Panchang
The calendar that follows the Moon
Today's tithi, the year's vrat dates, and how to read any of it yourself. This page answers when — the ritual guides answer how.
Panchang
Today's tithi, the year's vrat dates, and how to read any of it yourself. This page answers when — the ritual guides answer how.
Panchang · Vrat date
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Kartik Krishna Chaturthi · Purnimanta · computed for Delhi-NCR
Source strip
Drik Panchang · calculated for Delhi-NCR (IST) · regenerates annually
No classification tag and no Confidence Score. This is timing data, not a ritual-authority claim. Regenerates annually.
Fast begins
Sunrise · 6:30 am
29 Oct
Tithi begins
—
Tithi ends
—
Day after
30 Oct
Paaran window to be confirmed
The fast, end to end
The part most people get wrong is the end, not the beginning.
Sankalp & sunrise
29 Oct · 6:30 am
A simple resolve. The fast begins here.
Karwa Chauth — Thursday, 29 October 2026
The fast
Through the day and night
Kept in the form your family follows
Tithi ends
—
The fast continues past this point — it ends at Paaran, not at the tithi.
Paaran opens
30 Oct · sunrise
Window closes
—
Break the fast before this.
Sankalp & sunrise
29 Oct · 6:30 am
A simple resolve. The fast begins here.
The fast
Through the day and night
Kept in the form your family follows
Tithi ends
—
The fast continues past this point — it ends at Paaran, not at the tithi.
Paaran opens
30 Oct · sunrise
Window closes
—
Break the fast before this.
The full panchang for this date
Computed values · PurnimantaDelhi-NCR
Chaturthi
Until 10:10 pm
Krishna — waning
Rohini
Until 11:11 am
Parigha
Bhav
6:30 am
5:38 pm
1:28 pm – 2:51 pm
Avoided by convention for new beginnings
—
The nirjala vrat kept from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of one's husband.
This page answers when
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