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Rituals & Vratas

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Chhath Puja

A four-day Surya vrat of great purity, offering arghya to the setting and rising sun at a riverbank.

North Indian

Deity: Surya Bhagavan & Chhathi Maiya

When: Kartika Shukla Shashthi (Oct–Nov)

Samagri you'll need

  • Bamboo soop & baskets
  • Thekua, fruits, sugarcane
  • Kalash, diya
  • Sindoor, water pot

Step by step

  1. 1

    Nahay Khay

    Day 1 — bathe and eat a simple sattvik meal to begin purification.

  2. 2

    Kharna

    Day 2 — day-long fast broken at night with kheer and roti, then begin nirjala fast.

  3. 3

    Sandhya Arghya

    Day 3 evening — offer arghya to the setting sun standing in water.

  4. 4

    Usha Arghya & paran

    Day 4 dawn — offer arghya to the rising sun and break the fast.

Note: Most prominent in Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern UP and Nepal.

This is a learner's outline. Exact mantras and small variations differ by shakha, sutra and family custom — please learn the full procedure from your guru or purohith.