Chhath Parva
छठ पर्व
The festival of the Sun, with offerings to the setting and the rising sun at the water's edge.
Also called: Chhath, Chhath Puja
When is Chhath Parva?
Sunday, November 15, 2026In 12 days
Kartik 29, 2083
Tithi: Kartik Shukla Shashthi. Kept on the day this tithi stands at sunrise in Nepal.
See this day on the patroWhat Chhath Parva is
Chhath Parva is kept on Kartik Shukla Shashthi, six days after Laxmi Puja. It is the worship of Surya, the Sun, and of Chhathi Maiya, for the health and wellbeing of the family. It began in Mithila and Nepal's Terai and is now kept across Nepal and wherever Nepalis live. The festival runs four days and its fast is among the hardest: no food or water for about 36 hours.
How families keep it
On the main evening the family stands in a river or pond and offers arghya, with fruit and thekuwa, to the setting sun; the next dawn they offer it to the rising sun and the fast ends.
Chhath Parva in the coming years
- 2026Sunday, November 15, 2026Kartik 29, 2083
- 2027Thursday, November 4, 2027Kartik 18, 2084
- 2029Sunday, November 11, 2029Kartik 25, 2086
- 2030Friday, November 1, 2030Kartik 15, 2087
- 2031Thursday, November 20, 2031Mangsir 4, 2088
Each date is the day Nepal keeps the festival. Nepal publishes its patro one year at a time, so a date further ahead can move by a day when that year's patro comes out. For a ceremony, Pandit Ji confirms the day and the muhurta.
Planning a puja for Chhath Parva?
See what Pandit Ji offers and the days he has open. He confirms the day and the muhurta with you.
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