Chaiti Chhath dates (popular practice)
Chaiti Chhath is popular practice; no text read gives the day. Its four days in 2027, 2028 and 2029 by our stated rule, with the evening and morning arghya at your city’s sunset and sunrise.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Patna
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Delhi
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Mumbai
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Kolkata
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Chennai
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Bengaluru
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Hyderabad
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Ahmedabad
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Pune
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Jaipur
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Lucknow
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in London
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 175 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in New York City
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 175 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Toronto
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 175 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Sydney
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Dubai
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Next Chaiti Chhath in Singapore
10 to 13 April 2027
It begins with Nahāy-khāy in 174 days.
Chaiti Chhath dates, 2027 to 2029
Each city’s own time| Year | Patna | Delhi | London | New York City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaiti Chhath 2027 | 10 to 13 AprilEvening arghya Mon 12 Apr, 18:09 | 10 to 13 AprilEvening arghya Mon 12 Apr, 18:43 | 10 to 13 AprilEvening arghya Mon 12 Apr, 19:50 | 10 to 13 AprilEvening arghya Mon 12 Apr, 19:30 |
| Chaiti Chhath 2028 | 30 March to 2 AprilEvening arghya Sat 1 Apr, 18:05 | 30 March to 2 AprilEvening arghya Sat 1 Apr, 18:38 | 30 March to 2 AprilEvening arghya Sat 1 Apr, 19:33 | 29 March to 1 AprilEvening arghya Fri 31 Mar, 19:19 |
| Chaiti Chhath 2029 | 18 to 21 AprilEvening arghya Fri 20 Apr, 18:13 | 18 to 21 AprilEvening arghya Fri 20 Apr, 18:48 | 18 to 21 AprilEvening arghya Fri 20 Apr, 20:04 | 17 to 20 AprilEvening arghya Thu 19 Apr, 19:38 |
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Each year’s page has the four days and the arghya times in all 17 cities.
How the days are set
- The Sandhya Arghya, the evening arghya, is on the first day whose sunrise falls within the Caitra śukla Ṣaṣṭhī. If no sunrise does, it is on the day whose sunset falls in it.
- The Usha Arghya, the morning arghya, is at the next sunrise. Kharnā is the day before the evening arghya, and Nahāy-khāy the day before that.
- The times are the city’s own sunset and sunrise.
This rule is ours. No text read gives Chhath’s day. The autumn Chhath, Chhath Puja, on the Kārttika śukla Ṣaṣṭhī, follows the same rule. Chhath Puja dates
What the texts have
- Sun worship on a Ṣaṣṭhī is in the texts: a year-long vow to the Sun on the dark Ṣaṣṭhī of each month, and the Sūrya-ṣaṣṭhī of Bhādrapada. Kṛtyaratnākara pp. 447–448; DS p. 55
- Chaiti Chhath’s own day and rites are popular practice.
Questions
By our stated rule, with the texts cited where they touch the day.
When is Chaiti Chhath?
In Patna: Saturday, 10 April to Tuesday, 13 April 2027 (the evening arghya at 18:09, the morning arghya at 05:30); Thursday, 30 March to Sunday, 2 April 2028 (the evening arghya at 18:05, the morning arghya at 05:40); Wednesday, 18 April to Saturday, 21 April 2029 (the evening arghya at 18:13, the morning arghya at 05:22). Popular practice; no text read gives the day.
What are the four days of Chhath?
Nahāy-khāy, Kharnā, the Sandhya Arghya in the evening and the Usha Arghya the next morning. By our rule the evening arghya is on the first day whose sunrise falls within the Caitra śukla Ṣaṣṭhī, the morning arghya at the next sunrise, and Kharnā and Nahāy-khāy on the two days before. Popular practice; no text read gives these days.
Is Chaiti Chhath in the classical texts?
No. The texts read have Sun worship on a Ṣaṣṭhī on other days: a year-long vow on the dark Ṣaṣṭhī of each month (Kṛtyaratnākara pp. 447–448) and the Sūrya-ṣaṣṭhī of Bhādrapada (DS p. 55). Chaiti Chhath’s own day and rites are popular practice.
Why is the date different in the US or UK?
The Ṣaṣṭhī begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but sunrise and sunset come at different hours. The first sunrise within it can fall on another date in another city, and the other three days move with it. Each city’s days and times here follow its own sunrise and sunset.
How the days are found
Read the methodology- Basis
- Popular practice; no text read gives the day. The rule below is ours, stated in full.
- The evening arghya
- The evening arghya is on the first day whose sunrise falls within the Caitra śukla Ṣaṣṭhī, or, when none does, on the day whose sunset falls in it. With two sunsets in it, it is on the later day, whose sunrise holds it (our reading).
- The caution
- Where moving the Ṣaṣṭhī’s start or end by one ghaṭikā (24 minutes) would change the day, the other day is shown too.
- The other days
- The morning arghya at the next sunrise; Kharnā the day before the evening arghya, and Nahāy-khāy the day before that.
- Sunrise and sunset
- At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city. Every date and time is that city’s own.
Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method