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Chhath Puja
छठ पूजा
Four days of fasting and offerings to the Sun, kept above all in Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh: arghya to the setting Sun on Shashthi and to the rising Sun the next morning.
Sunday, 15 November 2026Kartika Shukla ShashthiDeity · Surya and Chhathi Maiya
Recommended rituals
- 1Nahay Khay: a bath and a sattvik meal of lauki, chana dal and rice
- 2Kharna: a day's fast broken after sunset with gur kheer and roti, then the nirjala fast
- 3Sandhya Arghya to the setting Sun, standing in water, with thekua and fruit in a soop
- 4Usha Arghya to the rising Sun, then parana
Mantra
ॐ घृणि सूर्याय नमः
Recite 108 times during the festival's auspicious window.
What is auspicious on this day
- ✓Health and the well-being of children
- ✓Gratitude to the Sun