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The main day of Tihar today is Bhaitika: The best time for Tika is 11:39 am

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Kathmandu. On the sixth day of Tihar, the second biggest festival of Nepali which is celebrated every year on the day of Kartik Shukla Dwiya, brothers are receiving Tika from their sisters. Today is also known as Yamadvitiya. Even though the festival, also known as Yama Panchak, lasts for five days, this year the date has been extended and fell on the sixth day, according to the Nepal Panchang Adjudicatory Development Committee.

After sisters vaccinate their brothers, brothers also vaccinate their sisters. Prof. Dr. Devmani Bhattarai, a theologian and a member of the Nepal Panchang Adjudicatory Development Committee, informed that there is a classical belief that by worshiping one's sisters one gets good luck and prosperity. The committee said that although there is no obstacle to apply Tika throughout the day, the Abhijit Muhurat time of 11:39 am is the best for seeking Sait.

According to the committee, this year, the sisters who will be married to the brothers will have to return to the East and the brothers who will be married will have to return to the West. If you do this, you will face the moon in the west in Libra. There is a classical rule that the moon should be placed in front or on the right side in auspicious deeds. There is a classical rule to do auspicious deeds by turning the moon to the right or facing it.

According to the committee, the state administrator should apply the vaccine on site. Today, on the day of Lakshmi Puja, the lamp, Kalash and Ganesha are worshiped in the Ashtdal written on the original plate, Markandeya, Ashwatthama, Bali, Vyasa, Hanuman, Vibhishan, Kripacharya and Parashuram, Chiranjeevi, Chitragupta, Yamaraj, Yamuna and Dharmaraj, Ganapatyadi and Navagraha are also worshiped by sisters and brothers with streams of oil. According to the tradition, flowers are garlanded with saptarangi or pancharangi tika, makhamli, saipatri or Godavari.

It is a religious and social tradition that after tika, sisters give their brothers food such as walnuts, katus, masala and selroti, and brothers show their respect by giving clothes and dakshinas symbols of good luck to their sisters.

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