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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 ShashthiThe sixth tithi, given to Kartikeya and to rites for children. Chhath is the Shashthi of Kartika's bright half., KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.
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KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. Shukla ShashthiThe sixth tithi, given to Kartikeya and to rites for children. Chhath is the Shashthi of Kartika's bright half., the main day of the four. Nahay Khay and Kharna precede it and Usha Arghya follows it.
The day is settled by the tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at sunrise.
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Chhath Puja dates
| Year | Date | TithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. | Lunar monthThe lunar month, named after the nakshatra the full Moon lands in. It is about twenty-nine and a half days, so it drifts against the English calendar. |
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| 2025Monday | Monday, 27 October 2025 | Shukla ShashthiThe sixth tithi, given to Kartikeya and to rites for children. Chhath is the Shashthi of Kartika's bright half.This tithi covers the deciding moment on two days running, so some almanacs place this festival on the following day. Both readings are defensible. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2026Sunday | Sunday, 15 November 2026 | Shukla ShashthiThe sixth tithi, given to Kartikeya and to rites for children. Chhath is the Shashthi of Kartika's bright half. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2027Thursday | Thursday, 4 November 2027 | Shukla ShashthiThe sixth tithi, given to Kartikeya and to rites for children. Chhath is the Shashthi of Kartika's bright half. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2028Monday | Monday, 23 October 2028 | Shukla ShashthiThe sixth tithi, given to Kartikeya and to rites for children. Chhath is the Shashthi of Kartika's bright half. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2029Sunday | Sunday, 11 November 2029 | Shukla ShashthiThe sixth tithi, given to Kartikeya and to rites for children. Chhath is the Shashthi of Kartika's bright half. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2030Friday | Friday, 1 November 2030 | Shukla ShashthiThe sixth tithi, given to Kartikeya and to rites for children. Chhath is the Shashthi of Kartika's bright half. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
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