Date of Chhath Puja 2024: Following a bath and meal, Arghya will be offered to the setting sun in the evening at this magnificent celebration. Lord Surya and Chhathi Maiya are worshipped appropriately on this day. Arghya is then offered to the lowering sun in the evening.
Date of Chhath Puja 2024: Arghya will be offered to the setting sun in the evening following a bath and meal during this magnificent celebration. Chhathi Maiya and Lord Surya are properly worshipped on this day. Then, as the sun sets in the evening, Arghya is sacrificed to it. Worshiping the Sun God on this day is thought to bring happiness, prosperity, protection, and the blessing of having a child. Let me explain the worship style for the evening of Arghya and the third day of the Chhath celebration.
On the third day of Chhath, how is worship conducted?
Sandhya Arghya is another name for the worship that takes place on the third day of the Chhath celebration. On the Shashti Tithi of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra or Kartik month, this puja is conducted. Arghya preparations begin in the morning on this particular day. People prepare prasads such rice laddus and thekua for puja.A bamboo basket is used for Chhath Puja, and it is beautifully embellished with fruits, flowers, and other puja offerings.Five different kinds of fruits and coconut are kept in a soup.
People take their whole family to the Chhath Ghat on the riverbanks just before dusk. While traveling to the Chhath Ghat, women also sing songs. Following this, the ladies who are fasting turn to face the Sun God, present Arghya to the setting Sun, and walk around it five times. Milk and water are offered to the Sun God along with Arghya. People then bring all the things home with them. Chhath Mata songs are sung at night after returning from the Ghat.
It is time to present the Sun with Arghya.
Arghya will be offered to the setting sun this evening, which is the third day of Chhath Puja. The Hindu calendar indicates that the dawn on November 7 will occur at 06:42 a.m. Sunset, however, will occur at 5:48 p.m. Arghya will be presented to the Sun on this day by standing in a pond or river.
Why is the setting Sun offered Arghya?
Mythologically speaking, the Sun spends the evenings with his wife, Pratyusha. As a result, during Chhath Puja, Arghya is offered to Pratyusha in the evening in order to worship the Sun’s last rays. Many problems can be resolved, according to astrologers, by giving Arghya to the setting Sun. In addition, a lot of health-related issues are resolved.
The Chhath festival’s story
A myth says that after King Priyavad failed to bear a child, Maharishi Kashyap handed his wife Malini the kheer made for the Yagnahuti and conducted Putrayeshti Yagna. They had a son as a result, but he was born dead. After taking his son to the crematorium, Priyavad began to die while being apart from his son.Brahmaji’s daughter Devsena then showed up and declared, “I am called Shashthi because I am born from the sixth part of the basic nature of the creation.” You honor me, King, and you encourage others to do the same. In an attempt to conceive a son, the monarch kept the fast of Goddess Shashthi, and he was fortunate to have one.The object of this puja was Kartik Shukla Shashthi.
