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Bhai Dooj dates
Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.
Also called: Bhau Beej, Yama Dwitiya, Bhai Phota
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Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali., KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.
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KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali., the second day after Diwali, kept between brother and sister as Yama Dwitiya.
The day is settled by the tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at sunrise.
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Bhai Dooj dates
| Year | Date | TithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. | Lunar monthThe lunar month, named after the nakshatra the full Moon lands in. It is about twenty-nine and a half days, so it drifts against the English calendar. |
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| 2025Thursday | Thursday, 23 October 2025 | Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2026Wednesday | Wednesday, 11 November 2026 | Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2027Sunday | Sunday, 31 October 2027 | Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2028Thursday | Thursday, 19 October 2028 | Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2029Wednesday | Wednesday, 7 November 2029 | Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
| 2030Monday | Monday, 28 October 2030 | Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali. | KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. |
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