From the series: Diwali Days, Bygone and Bright
๐ช Day 6: Labh Pacham & Chhath Puja
The Day Profit Meets Purity โ When We Return to Work, and Return to the Sun
If Diwali is a festival of lights,
Labh Pacham and Chhath Puja are its afterglow โ quieter, humbler, deeper.
They remind us that light is not just for celebrationโฆitโs for continuation. โจ
๐ฐ Labh Pacham โ When Ledgers Come Back to Life
In Gujarat, today marks a new rhythm.
Shops lift their shutters. Offices stir again.
Before the first deal is made, a prayer is whispered.
Chopda Pujan โ worship of the account books.
Itโs not merely about numbers โ itโs about nurture.Employers gift their teams. Families share sweets.Partners greet each other with โLabh Mubarak!โ
Because profit without gratitudeโฆ
is just arithmetic. ๐ซ
โจ Labh Pacham is where ledgers meet light โ where work begins again with reverence.
๐ Chhath Puja โ When the Sun Becomes the Soul
Travel east, and devotion changes form but not depth.
On the ghats of Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern U.P.,devotees stand waist-deep in rivers, offering Arghya โwater, fruits, and folded hands โ to the setting and rising sun.
No priests. No pomp.
Only the devotee and the divine.
After honoring Govardhan, the mountain that sheltered,we now honor Surya, the source that sustains.
โ๏ธ Chhath Puja teaches that nature isnโt outside us โ it lives within us.
๐ After Lights and Ledgers, Itโs Time to Honor Labor
As the Diwali lamps fade and the books reopen,Labh Pacham becomes the bridge between celebration and creation,between rest and responsibility.
In Gujarat, offices reopen, gifts are exchanged,and work resumes with renewed purpose.
And as the sun sets on Chhath Puja, across the rivers of the east,another truth glows quietly after honoring the mountain on Govardhan Puja,
India now bows to the sun, the ultimate source. ๐
Because whether itโs mountain or marketplace,the divine lives where we work, worship, and withstand.
๐ Hereโs to Day 6 โ the day we honor labor, light, and life itself.
Rachana Bahel
