Bhagini Hastha Bhojanam 2026 Date: Wednesday, 11 November

Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya) in 2026 falls on Wednesday 11 November 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). Sukla Vidiya: 10 Nov 2:00 PM – 11 Nov 3:53 PM IST. In the USA: Tuesday 10 November 2026; tithi Tue 10 Nov 3:30 AM – Wed 11 Nov 5:23 AM EST (12:30 AM – 2:23 AM PST). In the UK: Tuesday 10 November 2026. Also called Bhai Dooj, Yama Dwitiya, Vidiya Bhojanam.

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Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya, Bhai Dooj), Kartika Sukla Vidiya, is the day a brother eats a meal served by his sister's hand, as Yama did at Yamuna's home: the sister applies tilak and prays for his long life. The vidiya present at aparahna fixes the day.

Tithi timing

Sukla Vidiya begins 10 November 2026 at 2:00 PM IST and ends 11 November 2026 at 3:53 PM IST.

Timings by city: India, USA, UK, Canada, Australia

Every time is computed for the city's own coordinates and time zone (daylight saving applied); nothing is converted from IST. The last column is the part of the day the rule judges, afternoon (fourth fifth of daylight); the date is the day the tithi covers it. It is the window the tradition names for the observance, not a separately chosen muhurtham; we do not print other muhurthams because we have not verified them.

How the date is decided

Kartika sukla vidiya at aparahna.

When the vidiya covers the afternoon on two days, almanacs differ. This calendar takes the day the vidiya covers the larger part of the afternoon (aparahna), as prokerala.com does; some lists take the first day. In 2026 the vidiya runs from 2:00 PM IST on 10 November to 3:53 PM on 11 November: 11 November here and in prokerala.com (Bhai Dooj), 10 November in samvat.in.

Date by city

Different date in 135 of 215 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Irving, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Coppell, Fort Worth and 123 more — the tithi is judged against each city's own sunrise and local time (daylight saving included), so the day can shift for cities far from India.

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• Saturday 21 November 2026 – Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi)
• Tuesday 24 November 2026 – Karthika Pournami (Deepotsavam)

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