Offering Arghya to the rising and setting sun has special significance in Chhath Puja. The date of Evening Arghya in Chhath Puja is 7th November 2024 i.e. Thursday. This is the most important day of Chhath Puja. This great festival is celebrated with great purity physically and mentally. Lord Surya and Chhath Maiya are worshiped in this festival.
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Chhath Puja is celebrated not as a festival but as a great festival. Chhath festival is celebrated in a completely natural way and purity. This is the only festival in which the devotees remain in waterless fast for 36 hours. It is also believed that whoever observes Chhath fast with complete rituals, his wishes are fulfilled. Which gods and goddesses are worshiped in the festival of Chhath and why is this fast so special, the astrologer of Deoghar told.
Sorrows go away by offering Arghya
Deoghar’s famous astrologer Pandit Nandkishore Mudgal told that this year the four-day long Chhath festival is going to start from November 17. This great festival is going to end on 20th November. There will be Nahay Khay on 17th along with Kharna on 18th, first Arghya on 19th and second Arghya on 20th. After this the puja will end with Paran. Chhath festival is considered very special in Hindu religion. Because this is the only worship in which Arghya is offered to the setting sun. Whoever offers Arghya to the setting sun and the rising sun during the festival of Chhath, all kinds of physical troubles in their life end and childless women get children.
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These gods and goddesses are worshiped during the festival of Chhath
In the festival of Chhath, Mata Shashthi i.e. Chhath Maiya and Lord Surya are worshipped. According to mythology, Chhath Maiya is the mental daughter of Lord Brahma and sister of Lord Surya. Shashthi Devi i.e. Chhath Maiya is the goddess of procreation and the lord of the body is Lord Sun. It is believed that Brahmaji, while creating the universe, divided himself into two parts. One part was in the form of man and the other part was in the form of nature. Nature had also divided itself into 6 parts. One of these was the Mother Goddess or Devasena. Whereas Chhath Maiya is the sixth part of Devasena, hence she is called Chhathi Maiya.
Why is this fast so special?
Chhath Puja is also called the festival of vows. This puja is celebrated with great purity both physically and mentally. Chhath Puja fast is not so easy. During Chhath Puja, devotees observe waterless fast for 36 hours with strict rules. Vrati fasts so that her son can be protected and happiness and prosperity can increase in the house. Also, the fasting person has to sleep with a sheet spread below him and wear unstitched clothes. If childless women observe this puja by keeping a fast, then by the grace of Chhathi Maiya, their wishes are soon fulfilled and they get blessed with a son. Chhathi Maiya is also called the mother goddess.
