Chhath Puja · 2025
Falls on: Monday, October 27, 2025 · 4-day festival (Oct 25 – 28)
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 Abu Dhabi.
Why this date
It is kept on the day its tithi is current at sunrise in Abu Dhabi.
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 11, 2056 (Thiruvalluvar)
- Bengali: Kartik 10, 1432 (Bangabda)
- Odia: Kartika 11, 1433 (Vilayati era)
- Malayalam: Thulam 11, 1201 (Kollam era)
Computed for Abu Dhabi. Each solar calendar starts its month by its own region's rule.
Chhath Puja 2025
Surya/Chhathi Maiya
- Monday, October 27, 2025View day panchang →Tithi window: Mon, Oct 27, 4:35 AM – Tue, Oct 28, 6:30 AM GST
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 2025?
- Chhath Puja falls on Monday, October 27, 2025.