Bhai Dooj 2025: Date, Time, Shubh Muhurat, Significance And Rituals

Bhai Dooj 2025 is a unique Hindu festival that celebrates the bond of love and affection between a brother and sister. It is celebrated on the second day of the bright fortnight of the Kartik month. It is the last day of the five-day Diwali festival. On this day, sisters pray for the happiness and long life of their brothers. Bhai Dooj is also called 'Yamadvitiya' because Lord Yama met his sister Yamuna on this day. This festival is a day to celebrate brother-sister love in particular. This year, Bhai Dooj falls on 23rd October 2025.

Check out all the important details regarding the date, time, shubh muhurat, significance and rituals:

Bhai Dooj 2025: Date And Time

- Bhai Dooj 2025 Date: 23rd October 2025, Thursday

- Dwitiya Tithi Begins: 08:16 PM, 22nd October 2025

- Dwitiya Tithi Ends: 10:46 PM, 23rd October 2025

Bhai Dooj 2025: Shubh Muhurat

The Aparahna Kaal Bhai Dooj Shubh Muhurat falls between 12:34 PM to 02:51 PM.

Bhai Dooj 2025: Significance

The festival of Bhai Dooj is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout the country, especially in North India. In West Bengal, it is celebrated as Bhai Phoda. This festival is known by various names, such as Bhai Beej, Bhav Beej, and Bhatri Dwitiya. Bhai Dooj symboliaes the love between brothers and sisters, where sisters pray for the long life and health of their brothers.

On Bhai Dooj, the love between brothers and sisters deepens. Brothers bring gifts for their sisters, and sisters apply tilak to their brothers and wish them a long life. This festival strengthens the bond between brothers and sisters. The celebration of Bhai Dooj is similar to Raksha Bandhan, but sisters present symbols of love to their brothers.

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Bhai Dooj is dedicated to celebrating the sacred bond between brothers and sisters. (Image Source: Freepik) 

Bhai Dooj 2025: Rituals

On Bhai Dooj, sisters invite their brothers for a delicious meal. On this occasion, sisters prepare traditional dishes for their brothers and apply henna on their hands. During the ceremony, sisters perform aarti for their brothers and apply kumkum to their foreheads, wishing them prosperity and happiness.

This ritual of Bhai Dooj strengthens the love between brothers and sisters. Brothers honour their sisters by giving them blessings, gifts and cash. Some sisters also fast until the end of the ceremony for their brothers' long life. This festival provides an opportunity to strengthen the sibling bond even further.

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In Maharashtra and Haryana, sisters who do not have brothers worship the moon and pray for their brothers' long life. Even sisters whose brothers live far away perform aarti to the moon and send their best wishes to their brothers.

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