Chhath Puja 2023: Chhath Puja is celebrated with much zeal and enthusiasm. It is an important festival in northern India, mainly celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Devotees worship Surya Dev, the Hindu sun god, during these four days. Women who perform Chhath Puja fast and do not even consume water during this time. During this festival, the setting sun is worshiped by offering arghya.
The festival is dedicated to Chhathi Maiya, sister of Lord Surya and the sixth form of Devi Prakriti. In the Hindu calendar, it is celebrated on the sixth day of the lunar month of Kartika, or Vikram Samvat, six days after Diwali.
When is Chhath Puja 2023?
This year, the Chhath Puja festival will start on November 17 (Friday) and will last till November 20. Chhath Puja is also known as Surya Shashthi, Prathihar, Chhathi and Dala Chhath.
According to Drik Panchang, the sunset on Nahay Khay (bathing and feasting) on the first day will occur at 6:45 AM and the sunset time is 5:27 PM. On the second day, the sunrise time on this day is 6:46 AM and the sunset time is 5:26 PM.
On the third day of Chhath, sunrise and sunset are scheduled at 6:46 AM and 5:26 PM respectively.
The fourth and last day of Chhath, Usha Arghya, is dedicated to offering Arghya to the rising sun. According to Drik Panchang, the sunrise on this day is 6:47 AM and the sunset is 5:26 PM.
Sunset times in different cities for Arghya
- Delhi: 5:27 PM
- Mumbai: 6:00 PM
- Patna: 5:00 PM
- Gaya: 5:02 PM
- Jaipur: 5:36 PM
- Bhagalpur: 4:54 PM
- Noida: 5:26 PM
- Darbhanga: 4:56 PM
- Bangalore: 5:50 PM
- Bhopal: 5:35 PM
- Raipur: 5:29 PM
- Samastipur: 4:57 PM
- Aurangabad: 5:49 PM
- Hyderabad: 5:40 PM
- Chennai: 5:39 PM
- Kolkata: 5:00 PM
- Lucknow: 4:52 PM
- Chandigarh: 5:25 PM
- Bhubaneswar: 5:06 PM
- Shimla: 5:22 PM
- Dehradun: 5:20 PM
- Ranchi: 5:03 PM
- Pune: 5:57 PM
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