Kharna

(खरना)

Literal Meaning

The second day of the Chhath fast

Etymology & Sanskrit Root

A Bhojpuri and Hindi name for the second day of Chhath; the pages we read do not explain the word.

Spiritual Insight & Context

The second day of Chhath. The vratin keeps a day-long fast, then in the evening eats rasiya (jaggery rice pudding) with roti as prasad, and the long fast without food or water follows.

Where Kharna Comes Up

Chhath Puja, the Festival of Surya Worship

The four-day festival of gratitude to Surya, the Sun God, observed with rigorous fasting and river-bank worship across Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal.

Topics

Chhath Puja Arghya Vidhi: Four Days, Water and the Sun

Chhath in order: Nahay Khay, Kharna, then standing in water to offer arghya to the setting and rising Sun, with the fast, the offerings and Chhathi Maiya.

Puja Vidhi