Overview

• Times Now’s Oct. 9 live package curates front, back, full-hand and foot patterns, spanning traditional Indian, minimal, and Arabian styles.
• The live guide flags last-minute choices, including "2-minute" full-hand ideas for readers short on time.
• Times of India’s Oct. 8 explainer presents full-hand mehndi as part of solah shringar and promotes motifs such as moon with sieve, peacock and paisley, jaal with florals, couple silhouettes, and folk fusions.
• Practical pointers stress quality paste, a sugar–lemon seal, warming hands after scraping, oiling before washing, avoiding water for 10–12 hours, and booking 1.5–2 hours for both hands.
• Indian Express on Oct. 9 offers a gallery-led roundup noting the festival falls on Friday, October 10, 2025, and underscores full-hand classics and symbolic motifs like peacocks, elephants, and lotus.