Chhath Puja · Atlanta

Fri, 13 Nov – Mon, 16 Nov · 4 days

Main day · Sun, 15 Nov · Sandhya arghya (setting sun)3:30 – 5:34 PM

All times: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)

Fri, 13 NovNahay Khay Sat, 14 NovKharna MAINSun, 15 NovSandhya Arghya Mon, 16 NovUsha Arghya

4 days, with Atlanta’s dates

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Four days of worship of the Sun and Chhathi Maiya, Kartika Shukla Chaturthi to Saptami: a purifying bath and meal, the Kharna fast, arghya to the setting sun on Shashthi, and arghya to the rising sun on Saptami.

Fri13November

Day 1 of 4Nahay KhayChhath Day 1 — Nahay KhayThe first day of Chhath.See the full day

Sat14November

Day 2 of 4KharnaChhath Day 2 — KharnaThe second day: a full day without food or water, broken after sunset with an offering of jaggery-rice kheer and rotis.See the full day Main day

Sun15November

Day 3 of 4Sandhya ArghyaChhath PujaFour-day festival of sun worship; especially observed in Bihar and Eastern India.Sandhya arghya (setting sun)3:30 – 5:34 PMSee the full day

Mon16November

Day 4 of 4Usha ArghyaChhath Day 4 — Usha ArghyaThe last morning of Chhath.Usha arghya (rising sun)5:49 – 7:10 AMSee the full day

The 4-day vidhi

Nahay Khay

• Bathe, clean the house and kitchen, and eat one pure meal cooked without onion or garlic.

Kharna

• Keep a waterless fast through the day; after sunset offer kheer of jaggery and rice with rotis, eat it as prasad, and begin the long fast.

Sandhya Arghya

• In the afternoon carry the bamboo baskets of thekua and fruit to the ghat; standing in water, offer arghya to the setting sun.

Usha Arghya and parana

• Before sunrise return to the water and offer arghya to the rising sun; then break the fast and share the prasad.

History

Chhath is the great Sun festival of Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and the Nepal terai, now kept wherever their families live. Its heart is the arghya offered standing in water, first to the setting sun and then to the rising sun. The Taittiriya Aranyaka speaks of the good that comes to one who contemplates the sun as it rises and as it sets; that passage frames the honour given to the sun at both moments, though the nibandhas consulted give no rule for Chhath itself, and the four-day observance is living tradition, open to every family. A Chaiti Chhath is also kept in Chaitra.

Questions

When is Chhath Puja 2026 in Atlanta?

Sandhya Arghya is on Sunday, 15 November 2026, Sandhya arghya (setting sun) 3:30 – 5:34 PM · Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5). The festival days run from Fri, 13 Nov to Mon, 16 Nov.

What is the muhurat for Sandhya Arghya?

Sandhya arghya (setting sun), Sun, 15 Nov, 3:30 – 5:34 PM.

What is the muhurat for Usha Arghya?

Usha arghya (rising sun), Mon, 16 Nov, 5:49 – 7:10 AM.

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