Chhath Puja 2014
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:03
- Sunset17:19
- Fasting window (tithi)00:46 → 23:11
- Parana (tithi ends)23:11
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 2014
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2014
- Vasant Panchami — 4 February 2014
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 2014
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 2014
- Holi — 17 March 2014
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 31 March 2014
- Ram Navami — 8 April 2014
- Akshaya Tritiya — 1 May 2014
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 29 June 2014
- Guru Purnima — 12 July 2014
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 2014
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 2014
- Krishna Janmashtami — 17 August 2014
- Hartalika Teej — 28 August 2014
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 29 August 2014
- Anant Chaturdashi — 8 September 2014
- Pitru Paksha begins — 9 September 2014
- Sharad Navratri begins — 25 September 2014
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 2014
- Maha Navami — 3 October 2014
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 2014
- Karwa Chauth — 11 October 2014
- Dhanteras — 21 October 2014
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 22 October 2014
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 23 October 2014
- Govardhan Puja — 24 October 2014
- Bhai Dooj — 25 October 2014
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 6 November 2014
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 6 November 2014
- Hindu Festivals 2014 →