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Bhai Dooj 2026 in Chennai

11 November 2026. Every time below is calculated for the city from its own sunrise, sunset and tithi.

Bhai Dooj, also Bhau Beej, Bhai Phonta or Yama Dwitiya, closes the five days of Diwali. Sisters mark their brothers’ foreheads with a tilak and pray for their long life. It falls on Dwitiya, the second day of the bright fortnight of Kartika.

Date
11 November 2026
Tithi
10 November 2026, 2:02 PM to 11 November 2026, 3:55 PM
Aparahna
1:02 PM – 3:21 PM
Muhurat
1:02 PM – 3:21 PM
Sunrise and sunset
6:06 AM · 5:39 PM

How the date and muhurat are worked out

The tilak is done in aparahna, the fourth of the five equal parts into which daylight from sunrise to sunset is divided. We take the day on which Dwitiya covers aparahna the longer, and give the part of aparahna inside Dwitiya for each city.

Some panchangs measure aparahna differently or start the tilak window at midday, so their times run later or earlier by twenty minutes or more, and some families follow the tithi at sunrise and keep the day before.

Bhai Dooj 2026 in every city

CityDateAparahnaMuhurat
Delhi11 November 20261:10 PM – 3:19 PM1:10 PM – 3:19 PM
Mumbai11 November 20261:30 PM – 3:45 PM1:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Bengaluru11 November 20261:13 PM – 3:31 PM1:13 PM – 3:31 PM
Hyderabad11 November 20261:08 PM – 3:24 PM1:08 PM – 3:24 PM
Ahmedabad11 November 20261:30 PM – 3:43 PM1:30 PM – 3:43 PM
Chennai11 November 20261:02 PM – 3:21 PM1:02 PM – 3:21 PM
Kolkata11 November 202612:27 PM – 2:40 PM12:27 PM – 2:40 PM
Pune11 November 20261:26 PM – 3:42 PM1:26 PM – 3:42 PM
Surat11 November 20261:29 PM – 3:44 PM1:29 PM – 3:44 PM
Jaipur11 November 20261:16 PM – 3:27 PM1:16 PM – 3:27 PM
Lucknow11 November 202612:55 PM – 3:06 PM12:55 PM – 3:06 PM
Kanpur11 November 202612:58 PM – 3:09 PM12:58 PM – 3:09 PM
Nagpur11 November 20261:04 PM – 3:19 PM1:04 PM – 3:19 PM
Indore11 November 20261:17 PM – 3:30 PM1:17 PM – 3:30 PM
Bhopal11 November 20261:10 PM – 3:24 PM1:10 PM – 3:24 PM
Patna11 November 202612:39 PM – 2:51 PM12:39 PM – 2:51 PM
Vadodara11 November 20261:28 PM – 3:41 PM1:28 PM – 3:41 PM
Rajkot11 November 20261:37 PM – 3:51 PM1:37 PM – 3:51 PM
Varanasi11 November 202612:48 PM – 2:59 PM12:48 PM – 2:59 PM
Chandigarh11 November 20261:11 PM – 3:19 PM1:11 PM – 3:19 PM

Questions

When is the Bhai Dooj 2026 muhurat in Chennai?

In Chennai, Bhai Dooj 2026 falls on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, and the muhurat runs from 1:02 PM to 3:21 PM.

Why is Bhai Dooj also called Yama Dwitiya?

The story is that Yama, the god of death, visited his sister Yamuna on this day, and she welcomed him with a tilak and a meal; brothers and sisters keep the day in that memory.

What is aparahna?

The fourth of the five parts of the day from sunrise to sunset: the afternoon, which the tradition sets for the Bhai Dooj tilak.