Chhath Puja 1994
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:10
- Sunset17:13
- Fasting window (tithi)02:54 → 1994-11-09 · 01:02
- Parana (tithi ends)01:021994-11-09
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 1994
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1994
- Vasant Panchami — 15 February 1994
- Maha Shivaratri — 10 March 1994
- Holika Dahan — 26 March 1994
- Holi — 28 March 1994
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 12 April 1994
- Ram Navami — 20 April 1994
- Akshaya Tritiya — 13 May 1994
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 10 July 1994
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 1994
- Nag Panchami — 11 August 1994
- Raksha Bandhan — 21 August 1994
- Krishna Janmashtami — 29 August 1994
- Hartalika Teej — 8 September 1994
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 9 September 1994
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 1994
- Pitru Paksha begins — 20 September 1994
- Sharad Navratri begins — 6 October 1994
- Durga Ashtami — 12 October 1994
- Maha Navami — 13 October 1994
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 13 October 1994
- Karwa Chauth — 23 October 1994
- Dhanteras — 1 November 1994
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 2 November 1994
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 3 November 1994
- Govardhan Puja — 4 November 1994
- Bhai Dooj — 5 November 1994
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 18 November 1994
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 18 November 1994
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