Kathmandu. The Bhai Tika festival is being celebrated today on October 6.

The Nepal Calendar Determination Development Committee has made public the auspicious time for this year’s Bhai Tika. According to the committee, the auspicious time for Bhai Tika is at 11:39 am on October 22.

Committee member Prof Devmani Bhattarai said although there was no problem in getting the tika in the afternoon today, the auspicious time has been given for Sagittarius Lagna, Kanya Navamsa, Chara Bela, Abhijit Yoga and Bijaya Muhurta. “The state government should give the vaccine at the right time. There is no problem for the general public to get the tika in the midday,” he said.

Every year from Kartik Krishna Trayodashi to Kartik Shukla Dwitiya, the Tihar festival called Yamapanchak is celebrated. In this festival, Yamdeepdan is performed from the evening of Kartik Krishna Trayodashi to the evening of Kartik Shukla Dwitiya. Yamdeepdan is done by pronouncing the name on the basis of the number of the family. There is a classical belief that donating Yamdeep on this occasion will get rid of Yama torture.

There is a Vedic tradition of making crows and dogs happy by giving them sweet food as messengers of death. It is believed that it will help in Yamalok.