Chhath Puja · 2024
Falls on: Thursday, November 7, 2024 · 4-day festival
The great Surya Shashthi observance of Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern Uttar Pradesh, dedicated to the Sun god and Chhathi Maiya, on Kartika Shukla Shashthi. Across four days of rigorous fasting, devotees stand in rivers or ponds to offer arghya to the setting and the rising sun.
Dates and timings for Kampala.
Why this date
It is kept on the day its tithi is current at sunrise in Kampala.
How it is observed
- Sun worship
- Arghya (water offering)
- Holy bath
Regional calendars
Also known as: छठ पूजा (Hindi) · छठ (Bhojpuri)
- Amanta (month ends at the new moon; South and West India)
- Kartika · Shukla Paksha
- Purnimanta (month ends at the full moon; North India)
- Kartika · Shukla Paksha
- Tamil: Aippasi 22, 2055 (Thiruvalluvar)
- Bengali: Kartik 21, 1431 (Bangabda)
- Malayalam: Thulam 22, 1200 (Kollam era)
Computed for Kampala. Each solar calendar starts its month by its own region's rule.
Chhath Puja 2024
Surya/Chhathi Maiya
- Thursday, November 7, 2024View day panchang →Tithi window: Wed, Nov 6, 10:11 PM – Thu, Nov 7, 10:05 PM GMT+3
Frequently asked questions
- What is Chhath Puja?
- The great Surya Shashthi observance of Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern Uttar Pradesh, dedicated to the Sun god and Chhathi Maiya, on Kartika Shukla Shashthi. Across four days of rigorous fasting, devotees stand in rivers or ponds to offer arghya to the setting and the rising sun.
- When is Chhath Puja 2024?
- Chhath Puja falls on Thursday, November 7, 2024.