Chhath 2026
Chhath is the four-day festival of the Sun from the Madhesh and Mithila: fasting, and offerings to the setting and rising sun from the water's edge.
Date confirmed each year from the Nepal government calendar.
Chhath usually falls late October to November, about six days after Laxmi Puja (Kartik) and lasts 4 days. We add the 2026 dates here once they are published.
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What Chhath is
Chhath is a festival of the Sun god, Surya, and of Chhathi Maiya. It comes from the Mithila region and is kept most widely in Nepal's Madhesh and in Bihar in India, and it is now marked in Kathmandu and wherever families from the Terai have settled.
It is known for its discipline. The people who keep the fast, called vrati, are most often women, though men keep it too. There are no priests needed: the offering is made directly to the Sun.
Common questions
- Chhath kahile ho? When is Chhath 2026?
- Chhath usually falls late October to November, about six days after Laxmi Puja. Date confirmed each year from the Nepal government calendar; this page is updated once the 2026 dates are published.
- What is arghya?
- Arghya is the offering made to the Sun. On Chhath the vrati stands in water and offers it at sunset on the third day and at sunrise on the fourth.
- What is thekua?
- Thekua is a sweet wheat cake, usually made with jaggery and fried in ghee, offered to the Sun during Chhath and shared as prasad afterwards.
- Who keeps the Chhath fast?
- The vrati, most often women and sometimes men. Family and neighbours help carry the offerings and join at the water.
More in the Chhath explainer.