Chhath Puja 1905
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:07
- Sunset17:16
- Fasting window (tithi)1905-11-01 · 20:43 → 19:25
- Parana (tithi ends)19:25
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 1905
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1905
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 1905
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 1905
- Holika Dahan — 20 March 1905
- Holi — 22 March 1905
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 1905
- Ram Navami — 14 April 1905
- Akshaya Tritiya — 7 May 1905
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 4 July 1905
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 1905
- Nag Panchami — 5 August 1905
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 1905
- Krishna Janmashtami — 23 August 1905
- Hartalika Teej — 2 September 1905
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 1905
- Anant Chaturdashi — 12 September 1905
- Pitru Paksha begins — 14 September 1905
- Sharad Navratri begins — 29 September 1905
- Durga Ashtami — 6 October 1905
- Maha Navami — 7 October 1905
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 1905
- Karwa Chauth — 17 October 1905
- Dhanteras — 26 October 1905
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 27 October 1905
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 27 October 1905
- Govardhan Puja — 29 October 1905
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 1905
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 12 November 1905
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 12 November 1905
- Hindu Festivals 1905 →