Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on October 17 this year. The festival is observed during the Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the month of Kartik. It is mainly celebrated by women from the northern part of India belonging to states like Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi.According to Mahabharata, Karwa Chauth can be traced back to the time when Savitri begged the god of death, Lord Yama, for her husband’s soul.