Bhai Dooj 2023 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat 13:20–15:35, Tue 14 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Bhai Dooj 2023 in Pāthardi?
Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat: what time?
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Bhai Dooj 2023 page:
Why is Bhai Dooj on Tue 14 Nov in Pāthardi?
Bhai Dooj is on Tue 14 Nov: Dwitiya holds more of aparahna that day than on Wed 15 Nov.
Pratipada until 14:36, inside aparahna; then Dwitiya. Dwitiya: 14:36 to 13:47 Wed.
Dwitiya holds aparahna only until 13:47; then Tritiya. Dwitiya: 14:36 Tue to 13:47.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Aparahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The tilak is applied in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day. Dwitiya runs from 14:36 on Tue 14 Nov to 13:47 on Wed 15 Nov, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Tue 14 Nov. No text giving Bhai Dooj’s time was found; aparahna is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Shukla Dwitiya
The tilak is applied in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day.
- Smarta
- the day whose aparahna Dwitiya holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.