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  2. Raksha Bandhan - Wikipedia

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    The Raksha Bandhan-like brother sister festival is observed by other Hindus of Nepal during one of the days of the Tihar (or Diwali) festival. [48] The festival is observed by the Shaiva Hindus, and is popularly known in Newar community as Gunhu Punhi. [49] In Odisha, Raksha Bandhan is also called Rakhi Purnima / Gamha Purnima. A sister ties ...

  3. Navaratri - Wikipedia

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    In temples of Tamil Nadu, Navaratri is celebrated for Durga's dwelling in each temple. The temples are decorated, ceremonial lamps are lit, and Vedic chantings are performed. Priests and visitors of some of these temples wear a special yellow coloured 'promise of protection' thread on their wrists, called kappu (Tamil) or raksha bandhana ...

  4. Raksha Bandhan (film) - Wikipedia

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    Raksha Bandhan (lit. ' Raksha Bandhan '; transl. The bond of protection) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language family comedy-drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dhillon. [4] It stars Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Sadia Khateeb, Sahejmeen Kaur, Smrithi Srikanth and Deepika Khanna. [1] [5]

  5. Diwali - Wikipedia

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    2024 date: October [3] 30 ... similar in spirit to Raksha Bandhan but it is the brother that ... with the exception of a Diwali Muhurat trading session for an hour in ...

  6. Rakhi - Wikipedia

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    Raksha Bandhan, or Rakhi, an annual Hindu ceremony, and a type of bracelet associated with the ceremony; ... This page was last edited on 21 November 2024, ...

  7. Tithi - Wikipedia

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    The astronomical basis of the Hindu lunar day. In Vedic timekeeping, a tithi is a "duration of two faces of moon that is observed from earth", known as milа̄lyа̄ (Newar: 𑐩𑐶𑐮𑐵𑐮𑑂𑐫𑐵𑑅, मिलाल्याः) in Nepal Bhasa, [1] or the time it takes for the longitudinal angle between the Moon and the Sun to increase by 12°.

  8. Shravana (month) - Wikipedia

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    Raksha Bandhan also called Rakhi Purnima or simply Rakhi in many parts of India and Nepal, is a Hindu religious festival. [6] The festival signifies and celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters. It is celebrated on Shravana Purnima (Full Moon). In simple words, Raksha bandhan means "Bond of Protection". [7]

  9. Choghadiya - Wikipedia

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    Day 1: Sunrise at 6:00 AM and Sunset at 6:01 pm Day 2: Sunrise at 6:00 am based on the above The daytime period is 12 hours and 01 minutes (721 minutes). The nighttime period is 11 hours and 59 minutes (719 minutes).