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Chhath Puja 2024: Nahay Khay today; know the rituals of all 4 days of the festival and the first Arghya time

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Chhath Puja 2024: Nahay Khay today; know the rituals of all 4 days of the festival and the first Arghya time

Chaath Puja: The four-day festival is dedicated to the worship of Sun God and his sister Chhathi Maiya, a divine form of Devi Prakriti.

Chhath Puja is a holy four-day Hindu festival that involves worshipping the Sun God and his sister Chhathi Maiya. It’s celebrated on the sixth day of the lunar month of Kartika. This year, Chhath Puja festivities commence on November 5 with Nahay Khay. The Chhath Puja, or Sandhya Arghya, falls on November 7. The festival will end on November 8 with Usha Arghya. So let’s see how the devotees celebrate all the four days.

ALSO READ: Chhath Puja 2024 calendar: When is Chathh Puja? Date, significance, sunset and sunrise timings, puja muhurat

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Nahay Khay

On the first day of Chhath Puja, also known as Nahay Khay, women observing the festival perform a puja and consume only saatvik food; simple, pure, and vegetarian. They eat rice, gram, lentils, gourd, pumpkin, and other vegetables with minimal spices. The revered Chhath prasad is cooked on a stove that has been meticulously cleaned, and only the devotees who are fasting are permitted to prepare it.

ALSO READ: Happy Chhath Puja 2024: 30+ wishes, images, greetings, WhatsApp and Facebook status to share with loved ones

Kharna

The second day of Chhath Puja is Kharna, a day of rigorous fasting. Women observe a strict fast without food or water from sunrise until sunset. In the evening, they break the fast after performing a puja, consuming roti and kheer prepared earlier in the day. After this, they take a vow to observe a nirjala fast for the remaining days of the festival.

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However, on this day, Bhadra’s shadow will fall, which is deemed inauspicious. Therefore, devotees should refrain from performing any auspicious work during this time. The timing for Bhadra will begin at 11:54 am and go on till 12:16 am the following day.

Chhath Puja

On the third day, the evening prasad and prayers are offered to the Sun God and the revered goddess, Chhathi Maiya. Devotees carry offerings of fruits and tekhua in baskets to the riverside for the evening prayer. At sunset, married women step into the water body until they are waist-deep and pray to the sun god to offer the first Arghya. The Shashti Tithi starts on November 7 at 12:41 am and ends next at 12:34 am. The sunrise time on the day of Chhath Puja is at 6:37 am, and the sunset is at 5:31 pm.

ALSO READ: Chhath Puja 2024 bank holiday: Banks closed on November 7 and 8 in some states

Usha Arghya

Chhath Puja festival ends with Usha Arghya on November 8. Devotees offer Arghya at dawn to the rising sun on this day. The sun will rise at 6:38 am on this day. Later, the prasad is distributed among devotees to mark the successful commencement of the holy festival.

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Pushpa 2 The Rule advance booking tracking better than RRR, Jawan in the US; crosses $1.4 million with 10 days to go

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Pushpa 2 The Rule advance booking tracking better than RRR, Jawan in the US; crosses .4 million with 10 days to go

Pushpa 2 The Rule has already crossed $1.4 million in advance bookings in North America even though the release is 10 days away.

Allu Arjun‘s Pushpa 2: The Rule is still nine days from its theatrical release but is already breaking box office records. The film is set for a grand release worldwide, and if its US pre-sales are any indication, it will likely get a bumper opening. The film is already tracking better than blockbusters like RRR and Jawan in the US. (Also read: Pushpa 2 trailer reactions: Allu Arjun fans predict blockbuster, cheer for Fahadh Faasil’s entry scene)

Pushpa 2’s US tsunami

On Monday, trade tracker Venky Box Office shared the film’s advance booking collections for its US premiere. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the trade analyst tweeted, “#Pushpa2TheRule USA Premiere Advance Sales: $1,383,949 – 900 Locations – 3420 Shows – 50008 Tickets Sold.”

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By Sunday evening, Pushpa 2 had sold over 50,000 tickets in the US, with the release 10 days away. The tweet added that North American advance booking collections had crossed $1.458 million (around ₹12 crore), ‘which is a record’.

Trade analysts say that the film is set to cross $1.5 million with nine days to go, which means it is outpacing SS Rajamouli’s RRR and Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Jawan, the two biggest Indian movies in the US in recent times. Both films grossed over $15 million each in North America and are among the top five highest-grossing Indian films in the continent. Pushpa 2 is matching the pace of Shah Rukh’s other 2023 blockbuster, Pathaan, and is just behind the all-time record holder for India in the US – Baahubali 2 (which earned $20 million in the territory).

All about Pushpa 2: The Rise

Directed by Sukumar, Pushpa 2: The Rise is the sequel to the director’s 2021 pan-India hit Pushpa: The Rise. It brings back Allu Arjun as the titular anti-hero, alongside Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Fassil. The film, touted to be one of the biggest Indian productions ever, is set to hit the screens on December 5.

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