Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Chhath Puja 2025 Sunset Time: Check Sandhya Arghya Sunset Time, Muhurat, Rituals, Puja Vidhi, Kharna Prasad time (Image: Gemini)
The devotees are all geared up to head towards their nearest ghat to pray to the Sun God as Chhath Puja is being celebrated with much enthusiasm. This year, the four-day-long festival will fall between October 25 and 28, 2025.
This is the day of the strict 36-hour waterless fast. On this most important evening of the festival, families and relatives gather at the ghats of Varanasi to offer prayers to the setting sun.
Timing for Sandhya Arghya on Monday, October 27, 2025: 5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
This last Arghya marks the end of the four-day ritual. Devotees in Varanasi will return to the ghats before dawn for the last morning ritual, Usha Arghya, to be performed to the rising sun.
Timing for Usha Arghya in Varanasi is on October 28th between 6:00 AM - 6:05 AM.
The Sandhya Arghya, or main evening offering on the ghat in Varanasi, is given out at a very precise time, which coincides with the moment the Sun God goes below the horizon.
Approximate time of sunset for Monday, October 27th: between 5:15 PM - 5:20 PM.
Kharna is the second day of Chhath Puja and is considered the crucial junction before the 36-hour waterless fast.
Kharna Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Kharna Prasad Time: Devotees observe a waterless fast from sunrise to sunset. The day's fast is broken after sunset, approximately, after the evening offerings, the special Kharna prasad - jaggery-based Kheer and Roti - to the lord. Eating this prasad starts the 36-hour waterless fast.
The timings for the main tithis of the festival are as follows:
Shashthi Tithi Begins: October 27, 2025 (Monday) - 6:04 AM
Shashthi Tithi Ends: October 28, 2025 (Tuesday) - 7:59 AM
Chhath is a festival of purification, penance, and deep gratitude to the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya. This four-day celebration has its own set of rituals for each day. The day-wise rituals followed during Chhath are as follows:
Day 1: Nahay-Khay is the first day of the festival. Devotees take a ritual bath and eat only one single, strictly pure vegetarian meal.
Day 2: The second day is Kharna, when a devotee has to fast from morning till evening. It concludes with the preparation and eating of Kharna prasad. It is the beginning of their 36-hour waterless fast, which is part of the festival.
Day 3: The third day's ritual is called Sandhya Arghya, where each family carries bamboo scoops with offerings to the riverbanks. The devotees stand in the water and offer their prayers and Arghya to the setting sun.
Day 4: On the last day of the festival, prayers are offered to the rising morning sun before breaking the 36-hour waterless fast.
The worship methods of Chhath Puja are based on simplicity, purity, and discipline:
The approximate sunset time (suryast time) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, October 27th, is between 5:15 PM - 5:20 PM.
