KATHMANDU:- The International Calendar Decision Committee of the World Astro Federation (WAF) has announced the auspicious time for the Bijaya Dashami ‘tika’ rituals in various countries.
The committee’s member secretary Acharya Lakshman Panthi said that a meeting of the committee held here today has declared the auspicious time in various countries for giving and receiving the Dashain ‘tika’.
According to Panthi, the auspicious timings for the ‘Dashain tika’ in various countries have been announced based on the astronomical calculations of the ‘tithi’ and associated factors in accordance with the local time of the respective countries, in response to the inquiries by followers of the Vedic Sanatana Hinduism living in different countries of the world.
The committee stated that the auspicious time is at 11:53 am on October 2 for Nepal; the same at 11:49 am the same day for Delhi, India; and at 11:25 am on 1st October for New York, USA; at 11:57 am for Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA; for Owensboro, Kentucky, USA at 11:05 am on 1st October, at 11:33 am on 1 October for Texas, at 11:35 for Washington DC, at 11:11 am for California and at 11:29 am for Colorado, said chairman of the committee, Prof Dr Madhav Bhattarai.
Similarly, the auspicious time for the Dashain tika for Toronto, Canada is at11:55 am, and at 11:33 am for Vancouver, Canada on the 1st of October.
The auspicious time for Dashain tika is at 10:25 for Geneva, Switzerland and at 10:55 am for Malta on October 2.
The auspicious time for the Dashain tika is at 9:23 am for Lisbon, Portugal; at 09:17 am for London, UK; at 09:57 am for Paris, France, and at 10:03 am for Oslo, Norway, on October 2.
It is at 11.31 am for Tokyo, Japan on October 2.
Likewise, the auspicious time for the Dashain tika is at 11:43 am for Sydney, at 11:19 am for Melbourne, at 11:53 am for Brisbane, at 11:35 am for Adelaide, at 11:51 am for Canberra, at 11:45 am for Tasmania, at 11:25 am for Perth, and at 11:47 am for Darwin, Australia on 2nd October. It is at 11.23 am for Wellington, New Zealand on October 2.
Similarly it is at 11:11 am for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; at 10:55 am for Abu Dhabi, UAE; at 10:13 am for Doha, Qatar; at 10.55 am for Saudi Arabia and at 11.35 am for Tel Aviv, Israel.
The auspicious time for the Dashain tika is at 10.27 am for Yangon, Myanmar; at 10:45 am for Bangkok, Thailand; at 11.09 am for Singapore; and at 11.45 for Hong Kong. It is at 10:57 am for Seoul, South Korea.