Chhath 1997 in Azhatebage, Xinjiang, China Sandhya arghya 17:45, Wed 5 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+6
When is Chhath 1997 in Azhatebage?
Chhath Sandhya arghya: what time?
Chhath timings: sandhya arghya, usha arghya
- Wednesday 5 November
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17:45Sandhya arghyaat sunset · Tithika’s convention
- Thursday 6 November
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07:21Usha arghyaat sunrise · Tithika’s convention
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Chhath 1997 page:
Why is Chhath on Wed 5 Nov in Azhatebage?
Chhath · Sandhya Arghya is on Wed 5 Nov: Shashthi touches sunset on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Sunset at 17:45 is Panchami; Shashthi begins at 18:24. Shashthi: 18:24 to 17:38 Thu.
Shashthi ended at 17:38; sunset at 17:44 is Saptami. Shashthi: 18:24 Wed to 17:38.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+6). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunset. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The evening arghya is offered at sunset. Shashthi runs from 18:24 on Wed 5 Nov to 17:38 on Thu 6 Nov, between the two evenings’ sunset, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Wed 5 Nov. 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.