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Festivals
Diwali 2026: Why the Five-Day Festival Runs Four Days, Not Five
Naraka Chaturdashi and Lakshmi Puja both fall on Sunday 8 November 2026, one date carrying two rituals while another date in the same week carries none. Neither is a calendar error. Here is the mechanism, called tithi kshaya, and what to actually do on 8 November, morning and evening.
Vidhata Editorial Desk9 Sept 2026 · 9 min - 🌇
Festivals
Bhai Dooj 2026: The Aparahna Tilak Window, City by City
Bhai Dooj 2026 falls on Wednesday 11 November. The tilak belongs in aparahna, the afternoon fifth of the day, not whenever the family happens to sit down. Computed aparahna windows for sixteen Indian cities and six cities abroad, why the date sits two days after Govardhan Puja this year, and how Bhau Beej, Bhai Phota, and Nepal's Bhai Tika are genuinely different observances, not regional spelling of one ritual.
Vidhata Editorial Desk9 Sept 2026 · 9 min
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