Chhath Puja 2026 in India's villages
Chhath Puja is on Sunday 15 November 2026 in the Government of India's holiday list for central government offices. States notify their own holidays — the table below gives each state's official dates where its 2026 list is loaded. Below that: the celebrations villages share.
Source: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2026- reg. (Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India).
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Chhath Puja 2026 holidays by state
| State / UT | In the state's official 2026 list |
|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Andhra Pradesh | List not loaded yet |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Assam | List not loaded yet |
| Bihar | Chhath Puja (Kharna) — Saturday 14 November 2026 Chhath Puja — Sunday 15 November 2026 Chhath Puja — Monday 16 November 2026 |
| Chandigarh | List not loaded yet |
| Chhattisgarh | Chaath Parv — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Delhi | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Goa | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Gujarat | List not loaded yet |
| Haryana | Chhath Puja — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Himachal Pradesh | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Jammu and Kashmir | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Jharkhand | List not loaded yet |
| Karnataka | List not loaded yet |
| Kerala | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Ladakh | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Lakshadweep | Pratihar Shashti or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Madhya Pradesh | List not loaded yet |
| Maharashtra | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Manipur | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Meghalaya | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Mizoram | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Nagaland | List not loaded yet |
| Odisha | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Puducherry | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Punjab | List not loaded yet |
| Rajasthan | List not loaded yet |
| Sikkim | Chhat Puja — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Tamil Nadu | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Telangana | List not loaded yet |
| Tripura | No Chhath Puja entry |
| Uttar Pradesh | Chhath Puja Parv — Sunday 15 November 2026 |
| Uttarakhand | List not loaded yet |
| West Bengal | Additional Day for Chhat Puja — Monday 16 November 2026 |
Dates are copied from each state's notified holiday list (the document is linked on the state's page). “No Chhath Puja entry”: the state's 2026 holiday list we hold has no entry by that name (15 November 2026 falls on a Sunday).
Chhath Puja 2026 celebrations published by villages
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Questions
When is Chhath Puja 2026?
Chhath Puja is on Sunday 15 November 2026 in the Government of India's 2026 list of holidays for central government offices (restricted holiday).
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