Muzaffarpur Bihar Chhath Puja 2025 Sunset Time: Check Sandhya Arghya Sunset Time, Muhurat, Rituals, Puja Vidhi, Kharna Prasad time (Image: Gemini)
Chhath Puja is being celebrated with enthusiasm as devotees worship the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya from 25th October to 28th October 2025. Devotees follow a series of rituals, spread over four days, including a 36-hour fast, which concludes after the morning offerings to the gods on the final day.
This is the day of a 36-hour waterless fast. On this day, people attend their closest ghats with their families to worship the evening sun, also referred to as Sandhya Arghya. In Muzaffarpur, Bihar, the time for Sandhya Arghya is between 5:01 PM and 5:18 PM on October 27.
This last Arghya marks the end of the intense fast and the whole four-day ritual. Muzaffarpur, Bihar devotees can anticipate hosting their last morning ritual (Usha Arghya) between 5:45 AM and 6:01 AM on October 28.
Sunset time for the evening offering (Sandhya Arghya) in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, on October 27 is between 5:01 PM and 5:18 PM.
Kharna is the second day of Chhath Puja, and it begins the 36-hour waterless fast.
Kharna Start Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025.
Kharna Prasad Time: Prasad is taken after sunset. Fast for the day is broken after the offering of the special jaggery-based Kheer (rice pudding) and Roti. This is normally done after 5:11 PM (sunset on Kharna day).
| Tithi / Ritual | Date | Shubh Muhurat | |
| Shashthi Tithi Begins | October 27, 2025 | 06:04 | |
| Sandhya Arghya Muhurat | October 27, 2025 | 5:10 PM – 5:58 PM (Approx.) | |
| Usha Arghya Muhurat | October 28, 2025 | 5:33 AM – 6:30 AM (Approx.) |
The four-day celebration of Chhath is all about purification, penance, and gratitude to Lord Surya and Chhathi Maiya. In all four days, the devotees perform various rituals, with the culmination being the offering to the early morning sun. The four-day schedule is as follows:
Day 1 (Nahay-Khay): The inaugural cleansing day. Devotees get a ceremonial bath (often in a holy river) and eat one strictly pure vegetarian meal.
Day 2 (Kharna): Fasting from sunrise to sunset. It ends with preparing and consuming the Kharna Prasad, initiating the 36-hour waterless fast.
Day 3 (Sandhya Arghya): The prettiest of all the rituals. Families carry soops (bamboo baskets) filled with offerings for the west-facing sun to the riverbanks.
Day 4 (Usha Arghya & Paran): The final ritual is that prayers and arghya are offered to the morning sun before the 36-hour waterless fast is broken.
The methods of worship during Chhath Puja are strict. These include:
The approximate sunset time (suryast time) in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, on Monday, October 27th, is between 5:01 PM and 5:18 PM.
