Chhath Puja status video from the ghat

Chhath Puja 2026 dates

The Government of India holiday list gives Chhath Puja (Pratihar Shashthi / Surya Shashthi) on Sunday, 15 November 2026, the day of the evening Arghya. Most calendars give the four days as:

Times of sunrise and sunset change by city, so follow your local calendar for the Arghya itself.

What makes a good Chhath status

• Respect first. Chhath is a deeply devotional festival. Choose calm photos and soft music; skip party tracks and loud effects.
• The soop and the prasad. The bamboo soop with thekua, fruit and sugarcane is the image people recognise instantly.
• The ghat. Water, the sun low on the horizon, rows of diyas, the family standing together.
• The vratis. A wish for the mother, grandmother or anyone keeping the vrat means a lot — ask before you post photos of them.
• Away from home? Many people celebrate far from Bihar, Jharkhand or eastern Uttar Pradesh. Old photos from home ghats make a moving “miss you” status.

Template covers rendered by the app with sample photos.

12 Chhath Puja wishes to copy

• Jai Chhathi Maiya! Wishing your family health and happiness this Chhath.Copy
• छठ पूजा की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ — छठी मैया सबका भला करें।Copy
• Thekua in the soop, diyas on the ghat, the whole family together. Happy Chhath Puja!Copy
• उगते सूरज को प्रणाम — शुभ छठ पर्व।Copy
• To everyone keeping the vrat: wishing you strength and peace. Happy Chhath.Copy
• Far from home this year, but my heart is at the ghat. Happy Chhath Puja!Copy
• डूबते और उगते सूरज को अर्घ्य — छठ महापर्व की शुभकामनाएँ।Copy
• Sandhya Arghya today — may the setting sun take every worry with it.Copy
• Usha Arghya this morning — wishing you a bright new beginning.Copy
• Maa, thank you for every Chhath you have kept for us. Jai Chhathi Maiya.Copy
• ठेकुआ की मिठास और घाट की रौशनी — हैप्पी छठ पूजा।Copy
• Wishing peace, health and happiness to every family at the ghat.Copy

How to make a Chhath Puja status video with Diya

1. Open a Chhath template. Install Diya from Google Play or the App Store and open it. In the templates, pick the Chhath category and tap a template to see its preview. Free Chhath templates include Chhath Arghya, Usha Arghya and Soop Prasad. Ghat ke Diye, Ganna Mandap and Sandhya Arghya are Premium. Templates marked Premium need a subscription; the others are free to use.
2. Add your photos. Choose photos from your gallery. Chhath templates take 2 to 8 photos. If you pick fewer photos than the template has slots, Diya repeats them in a loop, so even two good photos make a full video.
3. Type your wish and your name. On the Add your text screen, type your greeting and your name. The greeting starts as “Happy Chhath Puja”; replace it with “Jai Chhathi Maiya” or a wish from the list above. Leave a line blank to skip it.
4. Pick the music. Each template starts with a track from Diya's music library. Tap Choose music to switch (tracks with a lock are Premium). Keep Beat-sync on and the photos change on the beat. To use your own song, open Edit clips & timing, then music, then Import from phone — only use a song you have the right to share.
5. Make the video. Tap Make video →. Diya builds it on your phone in a portrait 9:16 frame and saves it to your gallery. Free videos export in 720p with a small “Diya” mark and a short “Made with Diya” end card; Premium exports 1080p (4K on Android) with neither.
6. Share it to WhatsApp Status. On the Your video is ready! screen, tap WhatsApp (on Android) or Export & share and pick WhatsApp, then choose My status and send. You can send the same file to family chats and groups too.

For a devotional feel, Chhath Arghya starts with a bhajan from Diya's library; you can keep it or choose another track.

When to post: two statuses, two Arghyas

• Sandhya Arghya status: make it on Kharna (Saturday 14 November) from earlier photos and post it on Sunday 15 November in the afternoon, before people leave for the ghat.
• Usha Arghya status: make a second video on the evening of the 15th using that day's ghat photos, and post it at sunrise on Monday 16 November.
• Why this order works: after your first two, the free plan gives you one new video a day, so one video on the 14th and one on the 15th covers both Arghyas. Diya's festival calendar reminds you 3 days and 1 day before Chhath, and on the day.

Earlier in the season: Diwali and Bhai Dooj. All dates are on the festival calendar.

Questions people ask

More festival status video guides