Bhai Dooj 2026 in Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat 12:43–14:55, Tue 10 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Bhai Dooj 2026 in Riyadh?
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 Tue 10 Nov in Riyadh?
Bhai Dooj is on Tue 10 Nov: Dwitiya holds all of aparahna that day.
Dwitiya holds all of aparahna, 12:43–14:55. Dwitiya: 11:30 to 13:23 Wed.
Dwitiya holds aparahna only until 13:23; then Tritiya. Dwitiya: 11:30 Tue to 13:23.
One row per day, on one clock (AST). Band: the tithi. Box: Aparahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The tilak is applied in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day. Dwitiya began at 11:30 on Tue 10 Nov, before that day’s aparahna, and ended at 13:23 on Wed 11 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day Dwitiya fills: Tue 10 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.