Bhaktapur Municipality Mayor Sunil Prajapat said that the Nepal Calendar Decision Development Committee has determined a different date for celebrating Tihar than the one specified.
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This year's Kija Puja (Bhai Tika) will be celebrated in Bhaktapur Municipality on Kartik 5 itself. A meeting held in the presence of Bhaktapur Taleju priests and astrologers Dr. Birendra Prasad Kayashtha and Kedar Prasad Daibagya Joshi has decided to celebrate Tihar on a different date than the date fixed by the Nepal Panchanga Nirikh Development Committee, said Bhaktapur Municipality Mayor Sunil Prajapat.
In Bhaktapur, festivals are celebrated based on the dates given by the priests and astrologers of Taleju Bhavani Temple. However, this year, the Nepal Panchang Nirikh Development Committee has given the date of Bhaitika on Kartik 6.
Naga Prajapati said that this year's Tihar in Bhaktapur is today (Sunday), Kaag Tihar is celebrated on Monday, Laxmi Puja on Kartik 4, Mha Puja on Kartik 5 and Kija Puja on Kartik 6.
The meeting decided to celebrate Kaag Tihar on Sunday, Kartik 2082, on Sunday, Kartik 2082, on Monday morning, Kukur Tihar will be celebrated on Kartik 3082, and Lakshmi Puja will be held in the evening as Aunshi Tithi will fall after 3:00 PM, on Kartik 4082, on Tuesday, Kartik 2082, on Mha Puja will be held after 4:29 PM, on Kartik 2082, on Dwitiya Tithi will be held, and Kija Puja (Bhai Tika) will be held after 6:20 PM, informed the Chief Prajapati.
