Chhath Puja 1981
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:07
- Sunset17:16
- Fasting window (tithi)1981-11-02 · 14:11 → 16:26
- Parana (tithi ends)16:26
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 1981
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1981
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 1981
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 1981
- Holika Dahan — 20 March 1981
- Holi — 21 March 1981
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 1981
- Ram Navami — 12 April 1981
- Akshaya Tritiya — 6 May 1981
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 3 July 1981
- Guru Purnima — 17 July 1981
- Nag Panchami — 5 August 1981
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 1981
- Krishna Janmashtami — 22 August 1981
- Hartalika Teej — 1 September 1981
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 1981
- Anant Chaturdashi — 13 September 1981
- Pitru Paksha begins — 15 September 1981
- Sharad Navratri begins — 29 September 1981
- Durga Ashtami — 6 October 1981
- Maha Navami — 7 October 1981
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 8 October 1981
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 1981
- Dhanteras — 25 October 1981
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 26 October 1981
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 27 October 1981
- Govardhan Puja — 28 October 1981
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 1981
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 11 November 1981
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 11 November 1981
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