Chhath Puja 2042
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Today's Panchang
Kashi reference · computed live- Tithi
- Ashtami
- till 18:59
- Nakshatra
- Bharani
- till 20:18
- Yoga
- Ganda
- Karana
- Balava
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- Sunset
- 18:40
- Moon sign
- Aries
- Sun sign
- Cancer
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:17
- Sunset17:09
- Fasting window (tithi)2042-11-18 · 09:02 → 09:06
- Parana (tithi ends)09:06
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 2042
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2042
- Vasant Panchami — 26 January 2042
- Maha Shivaratri — 18 February 2042
- Holika Dahan — 6 March 2042
- Holi — 7 March 2042
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 22 March 2042
- Ram Navami — 29 March 2042
- Akshaya Tritiya — 22 April 2042
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 19 June 2042
- Guru Purnima — 3 July 2042
- Nag Panchami — 21 August 2042
- Raksha Bandhan — 31 August 2042
- Krishna Janmashtami — 6 September 2042
- Hartalika Teej — 17 September 2042
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 18 September 2042
- Anant Chaturdashi — 28 September 2042
- Pitru Paksha begins — 30 September 2042
- Sharad Navratri begins — 15 October 2042
- Durga Ashtami — 22 October 2042
- Maha Navami — 23 October 2042
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 24 October 2042
- Karwa Chauth — 31 October 2042
- Dhanteras — 10 November 2042
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 11 November 2042
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 12 November 2042
- Govardhan Puja — 13 November 2042
- Bhai Dooj — 14 November 2042
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 27 November 2042
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 27 November 2042
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