Bhai Dooj 2026

Bhai Dooj falls on Wednesday, 11 November 2026 (New Delhi).

Bhai Dooj, Kartika Shukla Dwitiya (Yama Dwitiya), celebrates brothers and sisters. Sisters apply a tilak to their brothers and pray for their long life; brothers give gifts in return.

Dates

How the date is set

It is kept in the lunar month of Kartika, Shukla paksha Dwitiya, on the day of the tithi prevailing in the afternoon (aparahna). If the tithi covers that time on two days, the second is taken.

Lunar months here are amanta (new moon to new moon); in the purnimanta reckoning used in much of North India, the Krishna paksha belongs to the next month. Communities follow their own rules for some festivals, so a local almanac may keep a few on a neighbouring day.

Dates are computed with this site's panchang (Lahiri ayanamsa) for New Delhi. Times of sunrise and the tithi differ by place, so a date can shift by a day for cities far from Delhi; the calendar pages recalculate for your city. All festivals →