Kathmandu, October 7
The Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Samitee has published the auspicious dates and times for receiving tika during this year’s Bada Dashain in different countries.
The committee had previously announced that the auspicious time for receiving Dashain tika in Nepal is 10:26 am on Kartik 4.
According to committee member Acharya Laxman Panthi, the International Panchanga Nirnayak Samitee has also published auspicious tika times for 23 countries, including Nepal.
The times have been determined for the convenience of Nepalis living in different countries. The auspicious time for tika is determined based on the local sunrise and the Dashami tithi.
As a result, the auspicious time for receiving tika falls on different dates and at different times in different countries.
Below is the complete, structured schedule categorised by region:
Nepal & India
- Kathmandu, Nepal: October 21 at 10:26 AM
- Delhi, India: October 21 at 09:11 AM
North America (USA & Canada)
- New York, USA: October 20 at 10:11 AM
- Frankfort, Kentucky, USA: October 20 at 10:47 AM
- Owensboro, Kentucky, USA: October 20 at 11:15 AM
- Texas, USA: October 20 at 10:27 AM
- Washington, D.C., USA: October 20 at 10:21 AM
- California, USA: October 20 at 09:51 AM
- Toronto, Canada: October 20 at 10:41 AM
- Vancouver, Canada: October 20 at 10:55 AM
Europe & United Kingdom
- Lisbon, Portugal: October 20 at 09:41 AM
- London, UK: October 20 at 10:55 AM
- Paris, France: October 20 at 11:31 AM
- Oslo, Norway: October 20 at 11:50 AM
- Geneva, Switzerland: October 20 at 10:31 AM
Australia & New Zealand
- Sydney, Australia: October 21 at 09:21 AM
- Melbourne, Australia: October 21 at 09:30 AM
- Brisbane, Australia: October 21 at 08:25 AM
- Adelaide, Australia: October 21 at 09:15 AM
- Canberra, Australia: October 21 at 09:07 AM
- Tasmania, Australia: October 21 at 08:55 AM
- Perth, Australia: October 21 at 08:54 AM
- Darwin, Australia: October 21 at 09:31 AM
- Wellington, New Zealand: October 21 at 09:23 AM
Asia & Middle East
- Thimphu, Bhutan: October 21 at 10:14 AM
- Tokyo, Japan: October 21 at 10:17 AM
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: October 21 at 10:47 AM
- Abu Dhabi, UAE: October 21 at 10:31 AM
- Doha, Qatar: October 21 at 09:41 AM
- Bangkok, Thailand: October 21 at 10:07 AM
- Seoul, South Korea: October 21 at 11:13 AM
- Tel Aviv, Israel: October 20 at 11:13 AM
- Singapore: October 21 at 10:31 AM
- Hong Kong: October 21 at 10:27 AM
- Saudi Arabia: October 21 at 10:01 AM
- Yangon, Myanmar: October 2 at 09:57 AM
