Chhath Puja in Jeddah
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| City | Jeddah, SA |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Asia/Riyadh |
| Tithi / timing | Kartik Shukla Shashthi |
| Deity | Surya / Chhathi Maiya |
| Observance | Sun worship at rivers |
| Where | Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Nepal |
Date and timing in this city
In Jeddah, Chhath Puja falls on Sunday 15 November 2026 and on Wednesday 3 November 2027. These dates are computed for Jeddah's own sunrise, in the Asia/Riyadh time zone, and the observance rests on Kartik Shukla Shashthi.
The vrat is dedicated to Surya and to Chhathi Maiya. The central act is sun worship at rivers — an offering to the setting sun and, the following morning, to the rising sun. Because the tithi is tied to local sunrise, the day observed in Jeddah is determined by Jeddah's sky, not by the clock in Patna.
Why the date can differ from India
Chhath Puja is observed across Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Nepal, and the tithi there is reckoned from Indian sunrise. Jeddah lies west of India, so its sunrise arrives later in absolute time. When the Shashthi tithi is running close to a boundary, that gap can place the observance on a different Gregorian date in Jeddah than in India.
Where traditions differ — amanta and purnimanta reckonings, Smarta and Vaishnava conventions — the family's own parampara decides. This page does not choose one for you; it states the date as computed for Jeddah.
Where and how the community celebrates
Chhath is a riverbank festival in its homeland. In Jeddah there is no Ganga or Kosi, and no venue is named here. What travels with the diaspora is the shape of the vrat: a clean space, a water body or a vessel of water, the soop and thekua prepared at home, and the standing offering to the sun at both sandhya and usha arghya.
Families often keep the same ritual sequence they would keep in Bihar or Nepal, adjusting only the direction and the timing of the arghya to Jeddah's sun. The deity is the same; the river is whatever water is available.
Practical tips
- Fix your vrat date by Jeddah sunrise, not by an Indian panchang's civil date.
- Confirm the exact arghya timings locally with elders or a qualified jyotishi.
- For personal chart questions, consult a qualified jyotishi; this page offers no predictions.
- Prepare thekua and prasad in advance, as the fasting day leaves little time.
- Keep the offering spot clean and facing the sun at both sunset and sunrise.
- If observing with others, agree beforehand on one reckoning so the family fasts together.