Chhath Puja 1982
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:20
- Sunset17:08
- Fasting window (tithi)1982-11-21 · 07:45 → 10:26
- Parana (tithi ends)10:26
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 1982
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1982
- Vasant Panchami — 30 January 1982
- Maha Shivaratri — 22 February 1982
- Holika Dahan — 9 March 1982
- Holi — 10 March 1982
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 26 March 1982
- Ram Navami — 2 April 1982
- Akshaya Tritiya — 26 April 1982
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 23 June 1982
- Guru Purnima — 6 July 1982
- Nag Panchami — 25 July 1982
- Raksha Bandhan — 4 August 1982
- Krishna Janmashtami — 12 August 1982
- Hartalika Teej — 21 August 1982
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 22 August 1982
- Anant Chaturdashi — 2 September 1982
- Pitru Paksha begins — 3 October 1982
- Sharad Navratri begins — 17 October 1982
- Durga Ashtami — 25 October 1982
- Maha Navami — 26 October 1982
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 27 October 1982
- Karwa Chauth — 4 November 1982
- Dhanteras — 13 November 1982
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 14 November 1982
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 15 November 1982
- Govardhan Puja — 16 November 1982
- Bhai Dooj — 17 November 1982
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 30 November 1982
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 30 November 1982
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