Chhath Puja 1943
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)01:28 → 23:41
- Parana (tithi ends)23:41
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 1943
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1943
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 1943
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 1943
- Holika Dahan — 21 March 1943
- Holi — 22 March 1943
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 1943
- Ram Navami — 13 April 1943
- Akshaya Tritiya — 7 May 1943
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 4 July 1943
- Guru Purnima — 17 July 1943
- Nag Panchami — 6 August 1943
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 1943
- Krishna Janmashtami — 22 August 1943
- Hartalika Teej — 2 September 1943
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 3 September 1943
- Anant Chaturdashi — 13 September 1943
- Pitru Paksha begins — 15 September 1943
- Sharad Navratri begins — 30 September 1943
- Durga Ashtami — 7 October 1943
- Maha Navami — 8 October 1943
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 8 October 1943
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 1943
- Dhanteras — 26 October 1943
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 28 October 1943
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 28 October 1943
- Govardhan Puja — 30 October 1943
- Bhai Dooj — 30 October 1943
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 12 November 1943
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 12 November 1943
- Hindu Festivals 1943 →