Bhai Dooj 2026 in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat 13:16–15:45, Wed 11 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+10
When is Bhai Dooj 2026 in Goroka?
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 Goroka?
Bhai Dooj is on Wed 11 Nov: Dwitiya holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Pratipada; Dwitiya begins at 18:30.
Dwitiya holds all of aparahna, 13:16–15:45. Dwitiya: 18:30 Tue to 20:23.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+10). 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 18:30 on Tue 10 Nov to 20:23 on Wed 11 Nov, so only Wednesday’s aparahna (13:16–15:45) falls within it. 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.