Chhath Puja 2066
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)06:00
- Sunset17:24
- Fasting window (tithi)2066-10-23 · 19:42 → 17:24
- Parana (tithi ends)17:24
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 2066
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2066
- Vasant Panchami — 30 January 2066
- Maha Shivaratri — 22 February 2066
- Holika Dahan — 11 March 2066
- Holi — 12 March 2066
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 26 March 2066
- Ram Navami — 4 April 2066
- Akshaya Tritiya — 27 April 2066
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 24 June 2066
- Guru Purnima — 7 July 2066
- Nag Panchami — 27 July 2066
- Raksha Bandhan — 5 August 2066
- Krishna Janmashtami — 12 August 2066
- Hartalika Teej — 24 August 2066
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 24 August 2066
- Anant Chaturdashi — 3 September 2066
- Pitru Paksha begins — 4 September 2066
- Sharad Navratri begins — 20 September 2066
- Durga Ashtami — 27 September 2066
- Maha Navami — 27 September 2066
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 28 September 2066
- Karwa Chauth — 6 October 2066
- Dhanteras — 16 October 2066
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 18 October 2066
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 18 October 2066
- Govardhan Puja — 19 October 2066
- Bhai Dooj — 20 October 2066
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 2 November 2066
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 2 November 2066
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