Karwa Chauth Sargi thali essentials: 11 must-have foods and essentials you should include for a perfect ritual

Karwa Chauth 2025: This year, Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on Friday, October 10. It is one of the most important festivals in North India(BHARAT), traditionally honoring the love and devotion of married women for their husbands. Over time, the festival has also become popular among unmarried women and men. While every family follows its own rituals, one thing that remains common is the traditional Karwa Chauth sargi thali, an essential part of the morning preparations. You can check the essentials of a Karwa Chauth Sargi Thali below.

• Clothes and jewelry: In the morning, the mother-in-law presents clothes, jewelry, and accessories to the daughter-in-law for Karwa Chauth.
• Meal platter: The sargi thali consists of enriching food items to eat in the morning to prepare for the day-long fast. It may include fruits, whole wheat rotis, buttermilk, sweets, etc.
• Chunni (Dupatta): In the evening puja, a chunni, preferably red colored is kept to protect your Karwa Chauth thali from nazar (bad gaze).
• Sweets (Mithai): Sweets are an integral part of the Karwa Chauth Sargi thali and are consumed in the morning.
• Fruit: A fruit is placed as a ritual in the Karwa Chauth thali. It’s essential for the evening puja and is later given to a pandit or priest.
• Vermilion (Sindoor): In Hindu marriages, sindoor is symbolic of eternal love and marital union; thereby, it’s an important part of the Karwa Chauth sargi thali.
• Bangles: Bangles are symbolic of blessings and prosperity in marital life, which are placed in the sargi thali.
• Mehendi: In the Karwa Chauth sargi thali, feminine essentials like mehandi are placed.
• Channi (Large Sieve): A large sieve, typically called a channi, is placed in the puja thali for night rituals to view the moon and partner’s face from it. 
• Kalash (steel Glass): A steel glass or kalash filled with water is placed in the thali. It also contains one teaspoon of milk, a pinch of sugar, and rice grains. This is used during the night puja to break the fast (vrat).
• Lamps (Ghee Diyas): The Karwa Chauth thali usually contains two lamps with clarified butter (ghee). One diya is put to use during the evening puja, and another one during the chand puja.

The elements of a Karwa Chauth sargi thali may vary slightly, based on how your family celebrates the rituals. However, the basic thali essentials remain the same.