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Chhath Puja Vidhi

छठ पूजा विधि

✦ Surya / Chhathi Maiya

Samagri (Materials Needed)

बांस की टोकरी (सूप/डाला)
मौसमी फल (केला, नारियल, सिंघाड़ा, नारंगी)
ठेकुआ (गेहूं व गुड़ से बना प्रसाद)
गन्ना, मूली, हल्दी का पौधा (जड़ सहित)
दीया, घी, धूप
दूध, जल (अर्घ्य हेतु)
नए वस्त्र (धोती/साड़ी)
सूप, पीतल का लोटा

Step-by-Step Vidhi

1. Day 1 (Nahay Khay): Bathe, clean the house, and eat a simple satvik meal (often lauki-chana dal and rice) after a holy dip. 2. Day 2 (Kharna): Observe a day-long fast broken at sunset with a meal of rice kheer (jaggery-rice pudding) and roti, then begin the 36-hour nirjala fast. 3. Day 3 (Sandhya Arghya): In the evening, go to a riverbank/water body with the filled soop of fruits and thekua, stand in the water and offer Sandhya Arghya (evening offering) to the setting sun. 4. Day 4 (Usha Arghya): Return before dawn the next morning and offer Usha Arghya to the rising sun, standing in the water once more, concluding the vrat with prasad distribution.

Auspicious Timing & Mantras

Performed over four days during Kartik Shukla Shashthi, based on precise sunrise/sunset timings for each day's arghya. One of the most rigorous vrats, dedicated to Surya and Chhathi Maiya, observed for the health and prosperity of one's children and family.