Chhath Puja 1952
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:01
- Sunset17:22
- Fasting window (tithi)01:34 → 1952-10-25 · 00:08
- Parana (tithi ends)00:081952-10-25
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 1952
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1952
- Vasant Panchami — 31 January 1952
- Maha Shivaratri — 23 February 1952
- Holika Dahan — 11 March 1952
- Holi — 12 March 1952
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 26 March 1952
- Ram Navami — 3 April 1952
- Akshaya Tritiya — 27 April 1952
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 24 June 1952
- Guru Purnima — 7 July 1952
- Nag Panchami — 27 July 1952
- Raksha Bandhan — 5 August 1952
- Krishna Janmashtami — 12 August 1952
- Hartalika Teej — 23 August 1952
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 24 August 1952
- Anant Chaturdashi — 3 September 1952
- Pitru Paksha begins — 4 September 1952
- Sharad Navratri begins — 20 September 1952
- Durga Ashtami — 27 September 1952
- Maha Navami — 28 September 1952
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 28 September 1952
- Karwa Chauth — 6 October 1952
- Dhanteras — 16 October 1952
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 17 October 1952
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 18 October 1952
- Govardhan Puja — 19 October 1952
- Bhai Dooj — 20 October 1952
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 1 November 1952
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 1 November 1952
- Hindu Festivals 1952 →