Overview
- Multiple outlets confirmed the four-day festival will run from Friday, November 13 to Monday, November 16, with the main Chhath rituals centred on Sunday, November 15.
- The ritual sequence begins with Nahay Khay on November 13, continues with Lohanda/Kharna on November 14, features Sandhya Arghya (offerings to the setting sun) on November 15, and ends with Usha Arghya and Parana (fast-breaking) at sunrise on November 16.
- Coverage cites Drik Panchang timings of about 6:00 p.m. for sunset and 6:45 a.m. for sunrise on the main days, and notes that local sunrise and sunset times may vary and are used by communities to set exact ritual moments.
- Devotees in Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and cities with migrant communities are preparing large public gatherings at rivers, ponds and temporary water sites where strict fasts and offerings will be performed.
- The published schedule gives families and local authorities time to arrange prasad, temporary ghats and crowd-management measures and to plan how and when fasting and Parana will be observed.