GURUGRAM: Karwa Chauth is being observed today, Thursday, 29 October 2026, with different evening puja windows and moonrise calculations for Gurugram, New Delhi, Noida and Lucknow. Drik Panchang lists moonrise at 8:18 PM in Gurugram, 8:17 PM in New Delhi, 8:16 PM in Noida and 8:06 PM in Lucknow. All times in this report are Indian Standard Time.

A cross-check against Time and Date's October 2026 astronomical tables produces slightly earlier times. The difference is four minutes for Noida and five minutes for the other three cities. Both figures are identified below rather than presented as an exact agreement. A calculated moonrise is not a promise that the moon will be visible from every balcony at that minute.

City-wise puja and moonrise times

For Gurugram, Drik Panchang's Gurgaon page gives the puja muhurat as 5:39 PM to 6:57 PM. It lists moonrise at 8:18 PM. Time and Date's Gurgaon table gives 8:13 PM for 29 October. The evening prayer window therefore comes before the moonrise figures, not at the same time.

New Delhi's Drik Panchang entry places the puja between 5:38 PM and 6:56 PM, with moonrise at 8:17 PM. The astronomical cross-check for New Delhi gives 8:12 PM. These are city-specific figures for New Delhi, not a single timing for every place in the National Capital Region.

In Noida, the published puja window is 5:38 PM to 6:55 PM. Drik Panchang lists moonrise at 8:16 PM, while Time and Date's October table for Noida lists 8:12 PM. The astronomical table uses the expanded city name, New Okhla Industrial Development Authority. Readers should check the October heading and the row for 29 October rather than using a different month's table.

Lucknow's puja window is earlier: Drik Panchang gives 5:26 PM to 6:43 PM, followed by moonrise at 8:06 PM. Time and Date gives 8:01 PM. A forwarded Delhi timing should not be substituted for Lucknow when a separate city calculation is available.

For comparison, Varanasi's Drik Panchang entry gives puja from 5:19 PM to 6:36 PM and moonrise at 8:02 PM. Time and Date gives 7:57 PM. Dalimss News has already published a separate Varanasi moonrise report. Its local timing should not be read as the timing for Gurugram or Delhi.

The same Drik Panchang pages list the beginning of the fasting period at 6:31 AM in Gurugram and New Delhi, 6:30 AM in Noida and 6:14 AM in Lucknow. These morning times belong to the fasting-period entries, not the evening puja windows.

What the calculations do and do not establish

Time and Date explains that moonrise is defined by the upper edge of the moon reaching the horizon. Its calculations assume a flat horizon at the observer's altitude. An obstruction can affect when the moon becomes visible, and an unclear sky can conceal it after it has risen. A city table cannot describe the view past a particular building.

The astronomical tables also identify where the moon rises: 58 degrees from true north in Gurugram, New Delhi and Noida, and 59 degrees in Lucknow and Varanasi. That places the rising moon in the north-eastern part of the horizon, rather than due west.

That visibility explanation does not establish the reason for the entire difference between the two providers. This report has not verified a specific cause for that difference and does not assign one. Nor does the table constitute a forecast of cloud cover this evening. The two published calculations are retained separately so readers can identify the source of each time.

Drik Panchang lists Chaturthi as beginning at 1:06 AM on 29 October and ending at 10:09 PM that day. Those tithi boundaries are not the moonrise time or the evening puja muhurat. Its account describes the Karwa Chauth tradition of ending the fast after sighting and making offerings to the moon; households may follow their own religious customs.

For the distinction between the festival date and institutional closures, see our Karwa Chauth date and holiday-status guide. When sharing tonight's timings, retain the city, date, time zone and source together. This prevents a prayer window from being mistaken for a moonrise announcement.

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