Date of the festival

Chhath puja is performed on Kartika Shukla Shashthi, which is the sixth day of the month of Kartika in the Nepali calendar.This falls typically in the month of October or November in the Gregorian English Calendar.The exact date of the festival is decided by Central division of Janakpurdham in Nepal which is applicable all over the world.It is also celebrated in the summer (March April), on Chaitra Shashthi, some days after Holi this event is called Chaiti Chhath. The former is more popular because winter is the usual festive season in Nepal and also in North India.Chhath, being an arduous observance, requiring the worshipers to fast without water for around 36 hours continuously, is easier to undertake in the Indian winters but little harder in Nepalese Winter for Nepali Maithili People due to cold climate of Nepal.