Chhath 1976 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Sandhya arghya 17:58, Wed 27 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Chhath 1976 in Pāthardi?
Chhath Sandhya arghya: what time?
Chhath timings: sandhya arghya, usha arghya
- Wednesday 27 October
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17:58Sandhya arghyaat sunset · Tithika’s convention
- Thursday 28 October
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06:28Usha arghyaat sunrise · Tithika’s convention
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Chhath 1976 page:
Why is Chhath on Wed 27 Oct in Pāthardi?
Chhath · Sandhya Arghya is on Wed 27 Oct: Shashthi touches sunset on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Sunset at 17:58 is Panchami; Shashthi begins at 18:35. Shashthi: 18:35 to 16:50 Thu.
Shashthi ended at 16:50; sunset at 17:57 is Saptami. Shashthi: 18:35 Wed to 16:50.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunset. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The evening arghya is offered at sunset. Shashthi runs from 18:35 on Wed 27 Oct to 16:50 on Thu 28 Oct, between the two evenings’ sunset, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Wed 27 Oct. No text giving Chhath · Sandhya Arghya’s time was found; sunset is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Shukla Shashthi
The evening arghya is offered at sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose sunset Shashthi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.