Chhath Puja 1951
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:07
- Sunset17:15
- Fasting window (tithi)06:00 → 1951-11-05 · 03:31
- Parana (tithi ends)03:311951-11-05
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 1951
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1951
- Vasant Panchami — 11 February 1951
- Maha Shivaratri — 6 March 1951
- Holika Dahan — 22 March 1951
- Holi — 24 March 1951
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 7 April 1951
- Ram Navami — 15 April 1951
- Akshaya Tritiya — 9 May 1951
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 6 July 1951
- Guru Purnima — 18 July 1951
- Nag Panchami — 8 August 1951
- Raksha Bandhan — 17 August 1951
- Krishna Janmashtami — 24 August 1951
- Hartalika Teej — 4 September 1951
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 5 September 1951
- Anant Chaturdashi — 14 September 1951
- Pitru Paksha begins — 16 September 1951
- Sharad Navratri begins — 2 October 1951
- Durga Ashtami — 8 October 1951
- Maha Navami — 9 October 1951
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 9 October 1951
- Karwa Chauth — 18 October 1951
- Dhanteras — 28 October 1951
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 29 October 1951
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 30 October 1951
- Govardhan Puja — 31 October 1951
- Bhai Dooj — 1 November 1951
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 13 November 1951
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 13 November 1951
- Hindu Festivals 1951 →