Chhath Puja 1980
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:14
- Sunset17:10
- Fasting window (tithi)1980-11-13 · 09:42 → 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 1980
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1980
- Vasant Panchami — 22 January 1980
- Maha Shivaratri — 14 February 1980
- Holika Dahan — 1 March 1980
- Holi — 2 March 1980
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 17 March 1980
- Ram Navami — 24 March 1980
- Akshaya Tritiya — 17 April 1980
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 14 July 1980
- Guru Purnima — 27 July 1980
- Nag Panchami — 16 August 1980
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 1980
- Krishna Janmashtami — 1 September 1980
- Hartalika Teej — 12 September 1980
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 13 September 1980
- Anant Chaturdashi — 23 September 1980
- Pitru Paksha begins — 25 September 1980
- Sharad Navratri begins — 10 October 1980
- Durga Ashtami — 17 October 1980
- Maha Navami — 18 October 1980
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 19 October 1980
- Karwa Chauth — 26 October 1980
- Dhanteras — 5 November 1980
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 6 November 1980
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 7 November 1980
- Govardhan Puja — 8 November 1980
- Bhai Dooj — 9 November 1980
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 22 November 1980
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 22 November 1980
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