Chhath Puja 2091
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)2091-11-15 · 18:09 → 17:06
- Parana (tithi ends)17:06
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 2091
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2091
- Vasant Panchami — 24 January 2091
- Maha Shivaratri — 16 February 2091
- Holika Dahan — 5 March 2091
- Holi — 6 March 2091
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 21 March 2091
- Ram Navami — 29 March 2091
- Akshaya Tritiya — 21 April 2091
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 18 July 2091
- Guru Purnima — 30 July 2091
- Nag Panchami — 19 August 2091
- Raksha Bandhan — 28 August 2091
- Krishna Janmashtami — 5 September 2091
- Hartalika Teej — 15 September 2091
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 16 September 2091
- Anant Chaturdashi — 26 September 2091
- Pitru Paksha begins — 28 September 2091
- Sharad Navratri begins — 13 October 2091
- Durga Ashtami — 19 October 2091
- Maha Navami — 20 October 2091
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 21 October 2091
- Karwa Chauth — 31 October 2091
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 10 November 2091
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 10 November 2091
- Govardhan Puja — 11 November 2091
- Bhai Dooj — 12 November 2091
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 26 November 2091
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 26 November 2091
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