Bhai Dooj 2022 correct date: 26 or 27 October? Check Shubh Muhurat, time, rituals, story

Bhai Dooj 2022 Date: There has been confusion over the correct date and shubh muhurat regarding Bhai Dooj festival. Bhai Dooj is a Hindu festival celebrated that is celebrated after Diwali.

It is celebrated on the second lunar day of Shukla Paksha in Hindu calendar month Kartik.

Bhai Dooj 2022 Correct Date

According to Drik Panchang, Bhai Dooj will be celebrated on October 26. 

Bhai Dooj 2022 Shubh Muhurat

Bhai Dooj Aparahna time will be of 2 hours 14 minutes duration from 01:12 PM to 03:27 PM.

Dwitiya Tithi timings:

Dwitiya Tithi Begins - 02:42 PM on Oct 26, 2022

Dwitiya Tithi Ends - 12:45 PM on Oct 27, 2022

Bhai Dooj 2022 Rituals

On the auspicious day of Bhai Dooj, sisters pray for their brothers to have long and happy lives by performing Tika ceremony wherein she puts tilak and akshat on their brother's forehead.

Sisters also perform rituals such as fasting for their brother, performing puja and katha for their long life.

Brothers on Bhai Dooj offer gifts to their sisters and promise to protect look out for their sisters.

Chitragupta Puja 2022 Date 

Besides, Lord Chitragupta is also worshipped on this auspicious day. Lord Chitragupta is the Hindu deity, people who cosider Lord Chitragupta as their brother worship the Lord by offering sweet and applying tilak.

Bhai Dooj 2022 Story

Once the God of Death, Yamaraj visited his sister Yami. She had put tilak on her brother's forehead and fed him special dishes on his visit. Impressed by the affection and love, Yamraj asked his sister for a boon. She wished for his visit every year, she asked any sister who does the rituals and applies the tilak shall not fear the god death. Pleased, Yamraj granted the wish, since then the day is celebrated and is also known as Yama Dwitiya in the southern part of the country.

It is also believed that after killing demon Narakasura, Lord Krishna visited his sister Subhadra who welcomed him by applying a tilak on his forehead. Since then, the day is celebrated as Bhai Dooj.

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