Chhath 2000 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Sandhya arghya 18:30, Wed 1 Nov
Festival · times in SAST
When is Chhath 2000 in Maclear?
Chhath Sandhya arghya: what time?
Chhath timings: sandhya arghya, usha arghya
- Wednesday 1 November
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18:30Sandhya arghyaat sunset · Tithika’s convention
- Thursday 2 November
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05:09Usha 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 Wed 1 Nov in Maclear?
Chhath · Sandhya Arghya is on Wed 1 Nov: Shashthi holds sunset that evening.
Shashthi at sunset, 18:30. Shashthi: 14:53 to 17:26 Thu.
Shashthi ended at 17:26; sunset at 18:31 is Saptami. Shashthi: 14:53 Wed to 17:26.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunset. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The evening arghya is offered at sunset. Shashthi runs from 14:53 on Wed 1 Nov to 17:26 on Thu 2 Nov, so it holds sunset only on Wed 1 Nov, at 18:30. 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.