Bhai Dooj 2098 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat 13:22–15:40, Sat 25 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Bhai Dooj 2098 in Pāthardi?
Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat: what time?
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Bhai Dooj 2098 page:
Why is Bhai Dooj on Sat 25 Oct in Pāthardi?
Bhai Dooj is on Sat 25 Oct: Dwitiya holds more of aparahna that day than on Sun 26 Oct.
Pratipada until 14:36, inside aparahna; then Dwitiya. Dwitiya: 14:36 to 13:23 Sun.
Dwitiya holds aparahna only until 13:23; then Tritiya. Dwitiya: 14:36 Sat to 13:23.
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 Sat 25 Oct to 13:23 on Sun 26 Oct, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Sat 25 Oct. 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.