Chhath Puja 1920
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:17
- Sunset17:09
- Fasting window (tithi)1920-11-16 · 08:03 → 10:33
- Parana (tithi ends)10:33
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 1920
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1920
- Vasant Panchami — 26 January 1920
- Maha Shivaratri — 18 February 1920
- Holika Dahan — 4 March 1920
- Holi — 5 March 1920
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 21 March 1920
- Ram Navami — 28 March 1920
- Akshaya Tritiya — 21 April 1920
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 18 June 1920
- Guru Purnima — 1 July 1920
- Nag Panchami — 18 August 1920
- Raksha Bandhan — 29 August 1920
- Krishna Janmashtami — 5 September 1920
- Hartalika Teej — 15 September 1920
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 16 September 1920
- Anant Chaturdashi — 27 September 1920
- Pitru Paksha begins — 29 September 1920
- Sharad Navratri begins — 13 October 1920
- Durga Ashtami — 20 October 1920
- Maha Navami — 21 October 1920
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 22 October 1920
- Karwa Chauth — 30 October 1920
- Dhanteras — 8 November 1920
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 9 November 1920
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 10 November 1920
- Govardhan Puja — 11 November 1920
- Bhai Dooj — 12 November 1920
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 26 November 1920
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 26 November 1920
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