Chhath Puja 1958
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:16
- Sunset17:09
- Fasting window (tithi)1958-11-15 · 22:36 → 21:53
- Parana (tithi ends)21:53
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 1958
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1958
- Vasant Panchami — 25 January 1958
- Maha Shivaratri — 16 February 1958
- Holika Dahan — 5 March 1958
- Holi — 6 March 1958
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 21 March 1958
- Ram Navami — 29 March 1958
- Akshaya Tritiya — 22 April 1958
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 19 June 1958
- Guru Purnima — 1 July 1958
- Nag Panchami — 19 August 1958
- Raksha Bandhan — 29 August 1958
- Krishna Janmashtami — 6 September 1958
- Hartalika Teej — 16 September 1958
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 16 September 1958
- Anant Chaturdashi — 26 September 1958
- Pitru Paksha begins — 28 September 1958
- Sharad Navratri begins — 13 October 1958
- Durga Ashtami — 20 October 1958
- Maha Navami — 21 October 1958
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 21 October 1958
- Karwa Chauth — 31 October 1958
- Dhanteras — 9 November 1958
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 10 November 1958
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 10 November 1958
- Govardhan Puja — 12 November 1958
- Bhai Dooj — 12 November 1958
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 26 November 1958
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 26 November 1958
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