Chhath Puja 1984
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:04
- Sunset17:19
- Fasting window (tithi)05:56 → 1984-10-30 · 05:37
- Parana (tithi ends)05:371984-10-30
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 1984
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1984
- Vasant Panchami — 7 February 1984
- Maha Shivaratri — 29 February 1984
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 1984
- Holi — 18 March 1984
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 1984
- Ram Navami — 10 April 1984
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 1984
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1984
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 1984
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 1984
- Raksha Bandhan — 11 August 1984
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 1984
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1984
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 1984
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 1984
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 1984
- Sharad Navratri begins — 25 September 1984
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 1984
- Maha Navami — 3 October 1984
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 1984
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1984
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1984
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1984
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 1984
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1984
- Bhai Dooj — 26 October 1984
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 8 November 1984
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 8 November 1984
- Hindu Festivals 1984 →