Chhath Puja 2000
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:06
- Sunset17:16
- Fasting window (tithi)2000-11-01 · 18:29 → 21:03
- Parana (tithi ends)21:03
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 2000
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2000
- Vasant Panchami — 10 February 2000
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 2000
- Holika Dahan — 19 March 2000
- Holi — 21 March 2000
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 2000
- Ram Navami — 12 April 2000
- Akshaya Tritiya — 6 May 2000
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 3 July 2000
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 2000
- Nag Panchami — 4 August 2000
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 2000
- Krishna Janmashtami — 22 August 2000
- Hartalika Teej — 1 September 2000
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 1 September 2000
- Anant Chaturdashi — 12 September 2000
- Pitru Paksha begins — 14 September 2000
- Sharad Navratri begins — 28 September 2000
- Durga Ashtami — 5 October 2000
- Maha Navami — 7 October 2000
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 2000
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 2000
- Dhanteras — 24 October 2000
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 26 October 2000
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 26 October 2000
- Govardhan Puja — 28 October 2000
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 2000
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 11 November 2000
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 11 November 2000
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