Chhath Puja 2083
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)06:14
- Sunset17:10
- Fasting window (tithi)2083-11-14 · 09:15 → 07:09
- Parana (tithi ends)07:09
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 2083
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2083
- Vasant Panchami — 23 January 2083
- Maha Shivaratri — 15 February 2083
- Holika Dahan — 3 March 2083
- Holi — 5 March 2083
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 19 March 2083
- Ram Navami — 27 March 2083
- Akshaya Tritiya — 20 April 2083
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 17 July 2083
- Guru Purnima — 29 July 2083
- Nag Panchami — 18 August 2083
- Raksha Bandhan — 27 August 2083
- Krishna Janmashtami — 4 September 2083
- Hartalika Teej — 14 September 2083
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 15 September 2083
- Anant Chaturdashi — 24 September 2083
- Pitru Paksha begins — 26 September 2083
- Sharad Navratri begins — 12 October 2083
- Durga Ashtami — 18 October 2083
- Maha Navami — 19 October 2083
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 20 October 2083
- Karwa Chauth — 29 October 2083
- Dhanteras — 7 November 2083
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 8 November 2083
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 9 November 2083
- Govardhan Puja — 10 November 2083
- Bhai Dooj — 11 November 2083
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 24 November 2083
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 24 November 2083
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