Chhath Puja 2053
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)06:15
- Sunset17:10
- Fasting window (tithi)00:31 → 2053-11-17 · 03:09
- Parana (tithi ends)03:092053-11-17
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 2053
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2053
- Vasant Panchami — 25 January 2053
- Maha Shivaratri — 16 February 2053
- Holika Dahan — 4 March 2053
- Holi — 5 March 2053
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 21 March 2053
- Ram Navami — 28 March 2053
- Akshaya Tritiya — 21 April 2053
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 17 July 2053
- Guru Purnima — 30 July 2053
- Nag Panchami — 18 August 2053
- Raksha Bandhan — 29 August 2053
- Krishna Janmashtami — 5 September 2053
- Hartalika Teej — 15 September 2053
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 15 September 2053
- Anant Chaturdashi — 26 September 2053
- Pitru Paksha begins — 28 September 2053
- Sharad Navratri begins — 12 October 2053
- Durga Ashtami — 20 October 2053
- Maha Navami — 21 October 2053
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 22 October 2053
- Karwa Chauth — 30 October 2053
- Dhanteras — 7 November 2053
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 9 November 2053
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 9 November 2053
- Govardhan Puja — 11 November 2053
- Bhai Dooj — 12 November 2053
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 25 November 2053
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 25 November 2053
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