Auspicious hour for Bhaitika at 11:55 am
November 6, 2015 | 8:49 pm
Kathmandu / November 6: The auspicious hour for receiving and offering Bhaitika this year is 11:55 am, as stated by the Nepal Calendar Determination Committee.
The auspicious hour for this year’s Bhaitika (the main celebration of the five-day Tihar festival) that falls on November 13 is 11:55 am, but tika ceremony can be observed throughout the day after that time, Committee Chair Prof Dr Ramchandra Gautam said.
The Tihar festival also known as Yama Panchak is kicking off from November 9. The festival is the second greatest festival of Nepalis after the Badha Dashain festival. In the festival sisters offer different colored Tika to their brothers wishing them for good health and prosperity. RSS