Chhath Puja 2027 Date – 4 November
Chhath Puja 2027 is on 4 November (Thursday). Chhath Puja is a four-day festival of offerings to the Sun God, six days after Diwali. Also known as Chhath, Surya Shashthi, Dala Chhath. Dates are calculated for New Delhi.
Chhath Puja – Sandhya Arghya
The main day, on Kartika Shukla Shashthi: offerings (arghya) are made to the setting sun from riverbanks and ponds.
The four days of Chhath
Chhath is one of the strictest Hindu festivals. The main day, Shashthi, is part of a four-day sequence:
- Nahay Khay (two days before) — devotees bathe in a river and eat one satvik meal of rice, chana dal and lauki.
- Kharna (the day before) — a day-long fast broken in the evening with rasiya-kheer and roti, after which the 36-hour nirjala fast begins.
- Sandhya Arghya (the main day) — offerings to the setting sun, standing in water, with thekua, fruit and sugarcane in bamboo soops.
- Usha Arghya (the next morning) — offerings to the rising sun, after which the fast is broken.
Where Chhath is celebrated
Chhath is the biggest festival of Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh, and of the Madhesi community in Nepal. It is now also celebrated on ghats in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and other cities wherever people from these regions live, and Bihar and Jharkhand declare holidays for it.
Thekua and Chhath prasad
Thekua — a crisp sweet of wheat flour, jaggery and ghee, made at home in a clean kitchen — is the signature prasad, along with rice laddoos, bananas, coconuts, sugarcane and seasonal fruit.
Planning ahead? Chhath Puja 2026 falls on 15 November (Sunday).
Frequently asked questions
When is Chhath Puja in 2027?
Chhath Puja 2027 is on 4 November (Thursday), as calculated for New Delhi. In some regions the date can differ by a day, depending on when the tithi begins and ends locally.
Is Chhath Puja a public holiday?
It is not a central-government holiday, but Bihar, Jharkhand and some other states and union territories give one or two days off.
Why is Chhath celebrated six days after Diwali?
Chhath falls on Shashthi (the sixth lunar day) of the bright fortnight of Kartika, and Diwali falls on the new moon just before it — so the two are usually six days apart.
When is Chhath Puja 2026?
Chhath Puja 2026 is on 15 November (Sunday).