Chhath Puja 1903
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:02
- Sunset17:21
- Fasting window (tithi)1903-10-25 · 20:46 → 22:34
- Parana (tithi ends)22:34
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Chhath Puja puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaChhath Puja — Frequently Asked Questions
Why is arghya offered to the setting sun first?
Chhath is nearly unique in worshipping the setting sun before the rising one. The sun is thanked as it declines, on the evening of Shashthi, and greeted as it returns the following dawn on Saptami.
How long is the Chhath fast?
Roughly thirty-six hours without food or water, beginning after the Kharna meal on the second evening and ending only after the Usha Arghya on the fourth morning.
Why is no salt used in the Chhath prasad?
Thekua and the offerings are made in a state of strict purity — no salt, nothing tasted while cooking, and the fire is a mud stove fed with mango wood.
Other major festivals in 1903
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1903
- Vasant Panchami — 2 February 1903
- Maha Shivaratri — 25 February 1903
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 1903
- Holi — 14 March 1903
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 30 March 1903
- Ram Navami — 6 April 1903
- Akshaya Tritiya — 30 April 1903
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 1903
- Guru Purnima — 9 July 1903
- Nag Panchami — 28 July 1903
- Raksha Bandhan — 8 August 1903
- Krishna Janmashtami — 15 August 1903
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 1903
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 1903
- Anant Chaturdashi — 5 September 1903
- Pitru Paksha begins — 8 September 1903
- Sharad Navratri begins — 22 September 1903
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 1903
- Maha Navami — 30 September 1903
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 30 September 1903
- Karwa Chauth — 9 October 1903
- Dhanteras — 18 October 1903
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 1903
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 20 October 1903
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 1903
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 1903
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 5 November 1903
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 5 November 1903
- Hindu Festivals 1903 →