kartik krishna chaturthi is celebrated as goddess gauri (lord shiv's consort) by women, for the longevity of their husbands….. but, what is the truth to it..??? the month before kartik is ashwin, which means the full moon occurs in the ashwini nakshatra  and, this celebration occurs on fourth lunar day, chaturthi, which means the fourth day from full moon….. so, we have to count the fourth nakshatra from ashwini….. therefore, with full moon in ashwini nakshatra, - pratipada/first night will be in bharani  nakshatra, - dwitiya/second night will be in kritika  nakshatra, - tritiya/third night will be in rohini  nakshatra , and, - chaturthi/fourth night moon will be mrigshira  nakshatra . this solves the whole puzzle….. so, why fourth lunar night, the fourth harmonic of kartik month;s waning moon is celebrated? because, mrigshira nakshatra which is also known as orion is a portal, a star-way to the realm of three-eyed being and, on earth beings call a three-eyed lo...