Chhath Puja 2079
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)06:04
- Sunset17:18
- Fasting window (tithi)2079-10-30 · 09:37 → 12:07
- Parana (tithi ends)12:07
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 2079
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2079
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 2079
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 2079
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 2079
- Holi — 18 March 2079
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 2079
- Ram Navami — 9 April 2079
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 2079
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 2079
- Guru Purnima — 14 July 2079
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 2079
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 2079
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 2079
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 2079
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 2079
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 2079
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 2079
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 2079
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 2079
- Maha Navami — 4 October 2079
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 2079
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 2079
- Dhanteras — 22 October 2079
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 2079
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 2079
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 2079
- Bhai Dooj — 26 October 2079
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 2079
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 2079
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