{"id":616,"date":"2026-11-06T04:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hirecab.net\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2026-11-06T04:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:31:15","slug":"chhath-puja-2026-varanasi-lucknow-cab-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hirecab.net\/blog\/chhath-puja-2026-varanasi-lucknow-cab-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Chhath Puja 2026 in Varanasi and Lucknow: Dates, Ghats and Cab Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chhath Puja 2026 is expected from about Friday, 13 November to Monday, 16 November, with the evening arghya on Sunday, 15 November and the sunrise arghya on Monday, 16 November.<\/strong> For families from Bihar and Purvanchal living in Varanasi, Lucknow, Prayagraj and beyond, these four days are the most important of the year.<\/p>\n

The rituals happen at the river at sunset and before sunrise, the ghats are packed, and the roads close around them. Getting the whole family, the soop, the daura and the puja items to the ghat on time, before dawn, is the hardest part. This guide covers the 2026 dates, the main ghats in Varanasi and Lucknow, and how to plan your cab for the early-morning arghya.<\/p>\n

Chhath Puja 2026 dates<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Day<\/th>\nRitual<\/th>\nDate (2026, approx.)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Day 1<\/td>\nNahay Khay<\/td>\nFriday, 13 November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Day 2<\/td>\nKharna<\/td>\nSaturday, 14 November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Day 3<\/td>\nSandhya Arghya (evening offering at sunset)<\/td>\nSunday, 15 November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Day 4<\/td>\nUsha Arghya (sunrise offering) and parana<\/td>\nMonday, 16 November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

Chhath follows the lunar calendar and sources differ by a day. Confirm with your family priest or the local panchang.<\/p>\n

What is Chhath Puja?<\/h2>\n

Chhath is dedicated to Surya, the Sun God, and Chhathi Maiya. It is one of the oldest and strictest festivals in India, celebrated mainly by families from Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh, and by their communities wherever they live. There are no idols and no priests needed: the vrati (usually the mother of the family) fasts, offers arghya to the setting and the rising sun while standing in water, and prays for the health and happiness of the family.<\/p>\n

The offerings are prepared at home with great care: thekua, rice laddoos, sugarcane, coconut, bananas and seasonal fruit, carried to the ghat in bamboo baskets (daura and soop). The songs, the lamps on the water and the whole community at the ghat make it one of the most moving festivals to see.<\/p>\n

The two big moments: sunset and sunrise<\/h2>\n

On the third day the vratis stand in the water at sunset to offer arghya to the setting sun. On the fourth day they return before dawn for the arghya to the rising sun, after which the 36-hour fast is broken. Both times the whole family goes to the ghat, often with heavy baskets of fruit, thekua and puja items. On the fourth day that means leaving home at 3:30 or 4 am.<\/p>\n

Chhath ghats in Varanasi<\/h2>\n