Bhai Dooj 2026 in Basmat, Maharashtra Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat 13:12–15:28, Wed 11 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Bhai Dooj 2026 in Basmat?
Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat: what time?
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Bhai Dooj 2026 page:
Why is Bhai Dooj on Wed 11 Nov in Basmat?
Bhai Dooj is on Wed 11 Nov: Dwitiya holds all of aparahna that day.
Pratipada until 14:00, inside aparahna; then Dwitiya. Dwitiya: 14:00 to 15:53 Wed.
Dwitiya holds all of aparahna, 13:12–15:28. Dwitiya: 14:00 Tue to 15:53.
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 14:00 on Tue 10 Nov to 15:53 on Wed 11 Nov, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Wed 11 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.