Chhath Puja 2030 in Chicago falls on Thursday, October 31, 2030. Sunrise is 7:21 AM CDT. In India it is observed on November 1, 2030.
Chhath Puja 2030 timings for Chicago
Date in ChicagoThursday, October 31, 2030
Tithi — Kartika Shukla Shashthi (Sandhya Arghya)begins Oct 30, 11:55 PM ends Oct 31, 9:35 PM
Sunrise7:21 AM
Time zoneCDT · Chicago
Important if you are coordinating with family in India:
Chhath Puja falls on October 31, 2030 in Chicago, but on November 1, 2030 in India.
Hindu observances are tied to the tithi at your local sunrise (or to a local moment such as sunset or midnight),
so the calendar date legitimately shifts by a day across time zones. Both are correct for their own location.
What Chhath Puja means
Religious significance
The great vrat of Surya and Chhathi Maiya — thanksgiving to the visible god, the Sun, for life itself. Devotees (vratis) keep a 36-hour waterless fast, standing waist-deep in rivers and ponds to offer arghya to the setting sun this evening and to the rising sun tomorrow at dawn.
Cultural significance
The soul-festival of Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern UP and the Maithil and Bhojpuri diaspora worldwide — riverbanks become seas of lamps, sugarcane, thekua and fruit-laden soops, with folk songs to Chhathi Maiya. Its four days run: Nahay Khay, Kharna, Sandhya Arghya (today), Usha Arghya.
Good to know
This date marks Sandhya Arghya, the evening offering; the fast concludes after Usha Arghya at sunrise tomorrow. Chhath is famed for its rigor and purity — no idols, no priests required: only the sun, water and discipline.