Chhath Puja 2025 Sandhya Arghya: Check city-wise sunset time and shubh muhurat, mantras and how to offer Arghya today

The most significant ritual of Chhath Puja, the Sandhya Arghya, will be offered today, Monday, October 27, 2025, as devotees across India gather at ghats and water bodies to worship the setting Sun. The offering, performed during sunset, marks the third and holiest day of the four-day festival celebrated mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh.
On this day, devotees pray to Lord Surya (the Sun God) and Chhathi Maiya, seeking prosperity, happiness, and the well-being of their families.

Chhath Puja 2025 Sandhya Arghya Muhurat time

Chhath Puja: Monday, October 27, 2025
Sunrise: 06:30 AM

Sunset: 05:40 PM
Shashthi Tithi Begins: 06:04 AM on Oct 27, 2025
Shashthi Tithi Ends: 07:59 AM on Oct 28, 2025

Sandhya Arghya 2025 City-wise time

City	Sunset Time (Today)
Delhi	5:40 PM
Noida	5:40 PM
Ghaziabad	5:39 PM
Gurgaon	5:41 PM
Lucknow	5:27 PM
Patna	5:12 PM
Gaya	5:13 PM
Gorakhpur	5:18 PM
Ranchi	5:13 PM
Jamshedpur	5:11 PM
Kolkata	5:04 PM
Agra	5:38 PM
Bhopal	5:45 PM
Indore	5:42 PM
Mumbai	6:08 PM
Bengaluru	5:55 PM
Chennai	5:44 PM

Sandhya Arghya spiritual meaning

The Sandhya Arghya is more than a religious act — it is seen as a direct conversation between human devotion and nature’s energy. The ritual, performed while standing waist-deep in water, symbolises purity, humility, and gratitude. According to Vedic tradition, the Sun is the ruler of planets and represents vitality, health, and success.

As the Sun sets, devotees express gratitude for the day’s blessings and pray for inner strength to overcome life’s challenges. The ritual serves as a reminder that every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn — a lesson in resilience and renewal.

How to perform Sandhya Arghya

During Sandhya Arghya, devotees face the setting Sun, folding their hands to offer water and milk from bamboo baskets known as soops. The offerings usually include:

• Seasonal fruits, sugarcane, and thekua (traditional prasad)
• Flowers and lit diyas
• Water and milk

Chanting “Om Suryaya Namaha,” devotees offer their prayers with deep faith and discipline. Women observing the fast throughout the day break it only after completing the ritual. The offering to the setting Sun is a symbolic acceptance of life’s dualities — joy and sorrow, rise and fall — and a reaffirmation of faith that light always follows darkness.

Those unable to reach rivers or ponds can still perform the ritual at home by collecting clean water in a vessel, maintaining the same devotion and purity. The essence of Chhath Puja lies not in location but in the sincerity of faith.

The Sandhya Arghya of Chhath Puja 2025 stands as a reminder of balance, gratitude, and hope — values that shine as brightly as the morning Sun devotees will greet the next day.