If you accidentally break your fast during Chhath Puja, do not panic. According to Ujjain’s Astrologer Pt. Praveen Dwivedi, Chhathi Maiya is loving and forgives sins if prayed with a true heart. Let us know what measures can be taken during this time?
Chhath Puja 2025: Chhath Puja, the great festival of folk faith, is starting with Nahay Khay on Saturday, 25 October 2025. During Chhath Puja, devotees will observe Nirjala fast and worship Lord Surya and Chhathi Mai. Devotees will pray for the well-being of their families and children. Devotees observe a fast for 36 hours during this festival. Note that many devotees often break their fast midway or accidentally due to conditions like fatigue, weakness or low blood pressure. In such a situation, the question arises: What to do if Chhath fast is broken accidentally? There is a fear that the sixth mother might get angry or she might be blamed. Let us learn about this solution from Ujjain’s astrologer Pt. Praveen Dwivedi ji.
36 hours tough Chhath fast
On the first day of Chhath Puja, take bath and eat satvik food during Nahay-Khay. Then, on the second day, keep fast for the whole day and take kheer prasad in the evening. Keep a waterless fast on the third day and offer Arghya in the evening. On the fourth day, offer morning Arghya, return home and break the fast ritually. In this way, a rigorous Chhath Puja fast of 36 hours will be observed.
chhath puja dates 2025
- Nahay-Khay for Chhath Puja – Saturday, 25 October.
- Kharna for Chhath Puja – Sunday, 26 October.
- Sunday Arghya for Chhath Puja – Monday, 27 October.
- Usha Arghya for Chhath Puja – Tuesday, 28 October.
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Do this when you break Chhath fast
- If Chhath fast is broken midway, then first of all take bath and wear clean clothes.
- Calm your mind and light a lamp for Chhathi Maiya.
- Now meditate on Chhathi Maiya and ask for forgiveness.
- Pray to Chhathi Maiya to forgive if the fast is broken unknowingly and allow the fast to continue.
- However, if the Chhath fast is broken, make atonement by donating some essential items like fruits and grains.
- After breaking the fast, do not entertain negative thoughts, such as something untoward happening or committing a sin.
- Chhathi Maiya is loving and will forgive you and free you from the sin of breaking the fast.
- Thus, fulfilling the resolution of your fast, observe the next fast again as per the rules.
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