Overview
- Pratipada Tithi begins at 5:57 pm on October 21 and ends at 8:18 pm on October 22, guiding observance to Wednesday under the sunrise rule.
- Drik Panchang cites two prime muhurat windows for Wednesday’s puja: 06:26–08:42 in the morning and 03:29–05:44 in the evening.
- The festival is marked on the first day of Kartik Shukla Paksha and is the fourth day of Diwali in many regions.
- Key observances include Annakut offerings, the 56-dish Chappan Bhog, worship of cows, and symbolic Govardhan mounds with aarti and circumambulation.
- On-the-ground rituals were reported in Mathura, where crowds gathered at the Dwarkadhish Temple for special puja and Annakut preparations.