Festival
Chhath Puja dates
Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.
Also called: Surya Shashthi, Dala Chhath
The next one
Sunday, 15 November 2026
Shukla Shashthi, Kartika
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The rule
What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.
Kartika Shukla Shashthi, the main day of the four. Nahay Khay and Kharna precede it and Usha Arghya follows it.
The day is settled by the tithi at sunrise.
Festival
Chhath Puja dates
| Year | Date | Tithi | Lunar month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Monday | Monday, 27 October 2025 | Shukla ShashthiThis tithi covers the deciding moment on two days running, so some almanacs place this festival on the following day. Both readings are defensible. | Kartika |
| 2026Sunday | Sunday, 15 November 2026 | Shukla Shashthi | Kartika |
| 2027Thursday | Thursday, 4 November 2027 | Shukla Shashthi | Kartika |
| 2028Monday | Monday, 23 October 2028 | Shukla Shashthi | Kartika |
| 2029Sunday | Sunday, 11 November 2029 | Shukla Shashthi | Kartika |
| 2030Friday | Friday, 1 November 2030 | Shukla Shashthi | Kartika |
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Other festivals
Each one with its own rule and its own dates.
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The whole calendar
Every festival and observance of the year, in one table.
Hindu calendar