Ceremonies & Traditions

What is Chand Raat?

Chand Raat, meaning "night of the moon", is the eve of Eid when the new crescent moon is sighted. It is one of the busiest nights for mehendi, as women and girls apply henna for the Eid celebrations the next day.

Chand Raat explained

Markets and mehendi stalls stay open late on Chand Raat. Quick Arabic and Khaleeji designs are the most popular because many people want mehendi in one evening.

Because the date depends on the moon sighting, it is best to book a home-service artist a few days in advance with a flexible slot.

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Mehendi designs related to chand raat

Khaleeji Mehendi

Khaleeji mehendi is a Gulf-region henna style built from large, thickly outlined flowers and leaves placed with plenty of open skin, often finished with solid-filled fingertips.

Arabic Mehendi

Arabic mehendi is a free-flowing henna style built from bold floral and leaf trails that run diagonally across the hand, leaving generous areas of bare skin between motifs.

Indonesian-Malaysian Mehendi

Indonesian-Malaysian mehendi is a style that mixes Arabic-style trails with small, solidly filled flowers, leaves and dot clusters, giving a bold but tidy look.

Related mehendi terms

Rasm-e-HeenaRasm-e-Heena is the henna ritual in Muslim weddings in India and Pakistan, at which the bride's mehendi is applied and family members bless her, often with songs, sweets and a small dot of henna on her palm.Advance BookingAdvance booking means reserving a mehendi artist well before your event. Brides typically book one to three months ahead in wedding season, and festival bookings for Karva Chauth or Eid are best made at least a week early.Home Service MehendiHome service mehendi means the artist travels to your home, venue or hotel to apply mehendi, instead of you visiting a salon or stall. It is the standard way bridal and group mehendi is booked in Mumbai.Guest MehendiGuest mehendi is the quicker, lighter mehendi applied to family and friends at a wedding, mehendi function or festival - typically half-hand Arabic, Indo-Western or minimal designs that take 10-30 minutes per person.

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