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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
    Arghya times in your citySunset and sunrise for both arghyas and all four days, for 29 cities including Bihar and Jharkhand.

    Recommended rituals

    1. 1Nahay Khay: a bath and a sattvik meal of lauki, chana dal and rice
    2. 2Kharna: a day's fast broken after sunset with gur kheer and roti, then the nirjala fast
    3. 3Sandhya Arghya to the setting Sun, standing in water, with thekua and fruit in a soop
    4. 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

    Tools that pair with Chhath Puja

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