Overview
- Sandhya Arghya, the evening offering to the setting Sun, was observed Sunday, November 15, with city-specific sunset muhurats published by Drik Panchang for places such as Patna, New Delhi and Mumbai.
- Bihar’s disaster management said it stationed SDRF teams at 254 ghats, NDRF teams at 123 ghats, and local divers plus Aapda Mitras at 12,806 ghats to provide on-site rescue and first-response capacity.
- National and state leaders issued festival greetings and attended ghats; Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted wishes on X while regional chiefs including Uttar Pradesh’s CM and Delhi’s CM participated in local Arghya rites.
- Local samitis and community organisers set up designated ghats with arrangements for offerings and prasad, and thousands of fasting devotees stood knee-deep in water to perform ritual steps such as offering thekua and sugarcane in bamboo baskets.
- Usha Arghya and Parana, the sunrise offering and the fast-breaking, are scheduled for Monday morning, November 16, at city-specific sunrise times and authorities have urged devotees to follow local timings and safety instructions at ghats.