Chhath Puja 1975
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:10
- Sunset17:12
- Fasting window (tithi)1975-11-08 · 09:40 → 10:00
- Parana (tithi ends)10:00
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 1975
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1975
- Vasant Panchami — 16 February 1975
- Maha Shivaratri — 11 March 1975
- Holika Dahan — 26 March 1975
- Holi — 28 March 1975
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 12 April 1975
- Ram Navami — 20 April 1975
- Akshaya Tritiya — 14 May 1975
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 10 July 1975
- Guru Purnima — 23 July 1975
- Nag Panchami — 11 August 1975
- Raksha Bandhan — 21 August 1975
- Krishna Janmashtami — 29 August 1975
- Hartalika Teej — 8 September 1975
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 9 September 1975
- Anant Chaturdashi — 19 September 1975
- Pitru Paksha begins — 21 September 1975
- Sharad Navratri begins — 5 October 1975
- Durga Ashtami — 12 October 1975
- Maha Navami — 13 October 1975
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 14 October 1975
- Karwa Chauth — 23 October 1975
- Dhanteras — 1 November 1975
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 2 November 1975
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 3 November 1975
- Govardhan Puja — 4 November 1975
- Bhai Dooj — 5 November 1975
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 18 November 1975
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 18 November 1975
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