Bhai Dooj Tilak Muhurat 2024: Date, Auspicious Time for Tilak, Rituals, Rules, and Significance

Bhai Dooj is the second day of Kartik month's Krishna Paksha. This festival speaks of brotherly love toward sisters. Sisters apply tilak on their brothers' foreheads and pray to God for their prosperity and longevity. On this very day, brothers give presents to their sisters. This festival has many names in India: Bhai Phota, Bhau Beej, Bhai Bij, Yama Dwitiya, and Bhai Tikka. It holds a significant place in itself.

Bhai Dooj Tilak Muhurat 2024

Hindu calendar Bhai Dooj date begins on November 2 at 8:21 PM and ends on November 3 at 10:05 PM. Udaya Tithi, Bhai Dooj falls on November 3, 2024. 

Best Time for Tilak Application (Shubh Muhurat)

As an application of tilak during Bhai Dooj, the good time falls from 1:19 PM to 3:22 PM, providing the couple with a scope for 2 hours and 12 minutes.

Samagri for Bhai Dooj Puja

While performing the tilak ceremony, prepare a thali in which you include roli, akshat consisting of whole rice grains, flowers, betel nut, betel leaf, silver coin, dry coconut, kalawa, fruits, sweets, and diya. ### Bhai Dooj Tilak Ceremony Vidhi (Process) For starting the ritual of Bhai Dooj, brother and sister need to bathe and wear pure clothes. The sister will prepare a thali and standing north-east will put a tilak on her brother. Her brother is to be seated on a wooden seat while facing north or northwest. Sisters give their brother sweet, coconut, and rice. They will also conduct an aarti and offer him good fortune and a long life. The brother too has to gift his sisters for a healthy bonding with them.

Important Instructions for Bhai Dooj

Apply tilak only in the auspicious time and avoid Rahu Kaal.
Brother must be given sitting on a wooden seat only.
After the application of tilak, place the moli thread in brother's wrist.
No tiffing is allowed today; one can eat only satvik food.

 Importance of Bhai Dooj

Bhai Dooj is the festivity of brotherly love. Sisters bestow on their brothers tilak along with coconut in return seeking blessings for the brothers well-being, whereas brothers to their sisters pledge that brothers will be a lifelong guardians and will be always loving with them.