Chhath Puja 1911
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:03
- Sunset17:19
- Fasting window (tithi)1911-10-27 · 18:14 → 20:45
- Parana (tithi ends)20:45
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 1911
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1911
- Vasant Panchami — 4 February 1911
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 1911
- Holika Dahan — 14 March 1911
- Holi — 15 March 1911
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 31 March 1911
- Ram Navami — 7 April 1911
- Akshaya Tritiya — 1 May 1911
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 28 June 1911
- Guru Purnima — 11 July 1911
- Nag Panchami — 30 July 1911
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 1911
- Krishna Janmashtami — 17 August 1911
- Hartalika Teej — 26 August 1911
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 27 August 1911
- Anant Chaturdashi — 7 September 1911
- Pitru Paksha begins — 9 September 1911
- Sharad Navratri begins — 23 September 1911
- Durga Ashtami — 30 September 1911
- Maha Navami — 2 October 1911
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 2 October 1911
- Karwa Chauth — 11 October 1911
- Dhanteras — 19 October 1911
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 21 October 1911
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 21 October 1911
- Govardhan Puja — 23 October 1911
- Bhai Dooj — 24 October 1911
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 6 November 1911
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 6 November 1911
- Hindu Festivals 1911 →