Chhath 2000 in Hetauda, Bagmati Province, Nepal Sandhya arghya 17:20, Thu 2 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+5:45
When is Chhath 2000 in Hetauda?
Chhath Sandhya arghya: what time?
Chhath timings: sandhya arghya, usha arghya
- Thursday 2 November
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17:20Sandhya arghyaat sunset · Tithika’s convention
- Friday 3 November
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06:16Usha arghyaat sunrise · Tithika’s convention
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Chhath 2000 page:
Why is Chhath on Thu 2 Nov in Hetauda?
Chhath · Sandhya Arghya is on Thu 2 Nov: Shashthi holds sunset that evening.
Sunset at 17:21 is Panchami; Shashthi begins at 18:38. Shashthi: 18:38 to 21:11 Thu.
Shashthi at sunset, 17:20. Shashthi: 18:38 Wed to 21:11.
One row per day, on one clock (NPT). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunset. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The evening arghya is offered at sunset. Shashthi runs from 18:38 on Wed 1 Nov to 21:11 on Thu 2 Nov, so it holds sunset only on Thu 2 Nov, at 17:20. 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.