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Showing posts with label Bhai Dooj. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Bhai Dooj (Bhai Beej, Bhau Beej, Yama Dwitiya) 2026, November 10 and 11: Tilak Muhurat for US, India and More

Bhai Dooj 2026 is on Tuesday, November 10 in the United States, Canada and the UK, and on Wednesday, November 11 in India, the Gulf, Singapore, Australia and Fiji. Please look up your own city below, because the day is not the same everywhere this year.

Bhai Dooj is the last of the five days of Diwali and the festival of brothers and sisters. It has many names: Bhaiya Dooj in the North, Bhai Beej in Gujarat, Bhau Beej in Maharashtra, Bhai Phonta in Bengal, Bhai Tika, and Yama Dwitiya in the scriptures. It falls on the Dwitiya (second day) of the bright half of Kartika. Sisters put a tilak on their brothers' foreheads, wave the aarti lamp, feed them with their own hands and pray for their long life, and brothers give their sisters gifts in return.

Yama and Yamuna

The Skanda Purana tells why this day is called Yama Dwitiya. Yama, the lord of death, is the son of the Sun, and his sister is Yamuna, the holy river. Yamuna loved her brother dearly and kept inviting him to her house for a meal. Every time Yama said, "Today, or tomorrow, or the day after," because a mind busy with duty has no free time.

At last, on the second day of the bright half of Kartika, Yamuna asked so earnestly that he could not refuse. Before he left, Yama set free all the souls held in the hells. Yamuna welcomed him with great love, bathed him, gave him fine clothes, sandal paste and garlands, and fed him sweet rice she had cooked herself in golden vessels.

When Yama offered her a boon, Yamuna asked nothing for herself alone. She asked that he come to her house for a meal every year, that sinners be set free from hell on this day, and that every brother who eats from his sister's hands on this day be happy. Yama granted it, and blessed those who honour their sisters on this day so that they would never see the gate of his city. The Purana adds that if a man has no sister of his own, a cousin sister, an aunt, or any lady he honours as a sister may take her place.

The Padma Purana says the same in a few words: those who eat from a sister's hand on Yama Dwitiya and give her gifts gain wealth and long life, and have no quarrels and no fear of enemies through the year.

Another telling, kept by families who observe Bhai Dooj, says that when Yama finally came, Yamuna put a tilak on his forehead and served him a meal she had made. Pleased, Yama promised that a brother who visits his sister on this day, receives her tilak and eats her food will not meet an untimely death. This is why sisters put a tilak on their brothers on Bhai Dooj.

Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat 2026, city by city

These are the tilak muhurat times for each city. Click your city for the full page, with more good times in the day and the full story.

United States (Tuesday, November 10)

Canada (Tuesday, November 10)

United Kingdom (Tuesday, November 10)

India (Wednesday, November 11)

Middle East and Singapore (Wednesday, November 11)

Australia and Fiji (Wednesday, November 11)

Your city is not here? Open mypanchang.com/bhaiyadooj.php and choose your city.

The other days of Diwali: Dhanteras (Friday, November 6), Naraka Chaturdashi, Lakshmi Puja (Sunday, November 8), Govardhan Puja and the Gujarati New Year. Each page shows the date for your own city.

The Bhai Dooj page is also in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati: भैया दूज · भाऊबीज · ભાઈ બીજ

For the full sankalpa for any day and your city: mypanchang.com/sankalpa

May every brother and sister be blessed with long life, health and love for each other, as Yama and Yamuna were. Wishing you a happy Bhai Dooj.

Pundit Mahesh Shastri
www.mypanchang.com

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