Chhath Puja 2097
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)06:11
- Sunset17:12
- Fasting window (tithi)2097-11-09 · 17:02 → 19:34
- Parana (tithi ends)19:34
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 2097
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2097
- Vasant Panchami — 17 February 2097
- Maha Shivaratri — 12 March 2097
- Holika Dahan — 27 March 2097
- Holi — 28 March 2097
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 13 April 2097
- Ram Navami — 20 April 2097
- Akshaya Tritiya — 14 May 2097
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 11 July 2097
- Guru Purnima — 24 July 2097
- Nag Panchami — 12 August 2097
- Raksha Bandhan — 22 August 2097
- Krishna Janmashtami — 30 August 2097
- Hartalika Teej — 8 September 2097
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 9 September 2097
- Anant Chaturdashi — 20 September 2097
- Pitru Paksha begins — 22 September 2097
- Sharad Navratri begins — 6 October 2097
- Durga Ashtami — 13 October 2097
- Maha Navami — 14 October 2097
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 15 October 2097
- Karwa Chauth — 24 October 2097
- Dhanteras — 1 November 2097
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 3 November 2097
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 3 November 2097
- Govardhan Puja — 5 November 2097
- Bhai Dooj — 6 November 2097
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 19 November 2097
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 19 November 2097
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