Chhath 2016 in Lib, Lib Island, Marshall Islands Sandhya arghya 18:28, Sat 5 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+12
When is Chhath 2016 in Lib?
Chhath Sandhya arghya: what time?
Chhath timings: sandhya arghya, usha arghya
- Saturday 5 November
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18:28Sandhya arghyaat sunset · Tithika’s convention
- Sunday 6 November
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06:40Usha arghyaat sunrise · Tithika’s convention
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Chhath 2016 page:
Why is Chhath on Sat 5 Nov in Lib?
Chhath · Sandhya Arghya is on Sat 5 Nov: Shashthi touches sunset on both evenings, and the earlier is taken.
Shashthi at sunset, 18:28. Shashthi: 17:17 to 18:46 Sun.
Shashthi at sunset, 18:27. Shashthi: 17:17 Sat to 18:46.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+12). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunset. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The evening arghya is offered at sunset. Shashthi runs from 17:17 on Sat 5 Nov to 18:46 on Sun 6 Nov, holding as much of sunset on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier: Sat 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.