Chhath Puja 1998
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:02
- Sunset17:21
- Fasting window (tithi)03:03 → 1998-10-27 · 04:24
- Parana (tithi ends)04:241998-10-27
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 1998
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1998
- Vasant Panchami — 1 February 1998
- Maha Shivaratri — 25 February 1998
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 1998
- Holi — 14 March 1998
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 28 March 1998
- Ram Navami — 5 April 1998
- Akshaya Tritiya — 28 April 1998
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 1998
- Guru Purnima — 9 July 1998
- Nag Panchami — 28 July 1998
- Raksha Bandhan — 8 August 1998
- Krishna Janmashtami — 14 August 1998
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 1998
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 1998
- Anant Chaturdashi — 5 September 1998
- Pitru Paksha begins — 7 September 1998
- Sharad Navratri begins — 21 September 1998
- Durga Ashtami — 29 September 1998
- Maha Navami — 30 September 1998
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 1 October 1998
- Karwa Chauth — 8 October 1998
- Dhanteras — 17 October 1998
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 1998
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 19 October 1998
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 1998
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 1998
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 4 November 1998
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 4 November 1998
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