17 November 2096
- Tithi
- Shukla Dwitiya · until 11:31 AM
- Nakshatra
- Jyeshtha
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 6:42 AM – 5:56 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:57 AM – 12:41 PM
Festival · 2096
Bhai Dooj 2096
Falls on 17 November 2096 in Pune, as computed from the real sky for that city.
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Wishing you a blessed Bhai Dooj
May the bond between you and your siblings, by birth or by choice, grow kinder every year.
आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं स योगी परमो मतः
ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśyati yo 'rjuna / sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ
Its meaning
One who, by comparison with oneself, sees the same everywhere, Arjuna, whether in pleasure or in pain, that yogi is considered the highest.
Bhagavad Gita 6.32
When, for Pune
17 November 2096
Shukla Dwitiya · until 11:31 AM
Do
Call or visit an elder brother or sister today; if you have none, an elder who has looked out for you.
Leave aside
Measuring love by the size of the gift.
Send this as your wish
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Wishing you a blessed Bhai Dooj
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The sky that day
- The Moon
- Shukla Dwitiya
- The Sun is in
- Vrishchika
- The Moon is in
- Vrishchika, in Jyeshtha
The second night of the waxing Moon: a thin crescent low at dusk.
What the day is
Yama visits his sister Yamuna and is fed — the god of death, at a family table.
The story
The story the day keeps.
1 / 1Yamuna feeds her brotherTurn ↻
Yama, lord of dharma, went to visit his sister Yamuna on this day. She welcomed him with a tilak and a meal, and he blessed the day: a brother who visits his sister on it and eats from her hand is honoured. So the day is also called Yama Dvitiya.
Yama Dvitiya, as the Puranic vrata tradition records it.
The days around it
5 days kept as one season. Each has its own page.
- Dhanteras
Dhanvantari's day: health, and a lamp at the door.
12 November 2096 - Day 2
Naraka Chaturdashi
Krishna frees the captives; an oil bath before dawn.
- Deepavali
Lakshmi at dusk; the lamps against the new moon.
14 November 2096 - Govardhan Puja
Krishna lifts the hill; a mountain of food is shared.
15 November 2096 - Bhai Dooj
A sister's tilak and meal; Yama visits Yamuna.
You are here
How to keep Bhai Dooj
Free acts, done by you. Kept so far this year: 0 of 2.
Call or visit an elder brother or sister today; if you have none, an elder who has looked out for you.
Light a lamp, or say a word of thanks, for a sibling or for someone who has been one to you.
Each act is free and done by you. Keeping one writes it to your karma ledger with the day's panchang. Nothing here is ever bought, and no act is a remedy.
How India keeps it
North India
Bhai Dooj: the sister marks her brother's forehead with tilak and feeds him.
Maharashtra and Bengal
Bhau Beej in Maharashtra; Bhai Phonta in Bengal, where the sister's blessing is spoken over the tilak.
The day, for Pune
The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.
For another city
The stories, their sources and the regional customs on this page await a scholar's review. The sky and the dates are computed for your city.