Igas Bagwal (Budhi Diwali) 2026इगास बग्वाल (बूढ़ी दिवाली)

Columbus · Friday, 20 November 2026

The day, hour by hour

1. Kumaon · the bhuiyan driven out

   5:29 AM – 7:23 AM

   In Kumaon, at brahma muhurta, the woman of the house drives the bhuiyan — want, sickness and sorrow — out of the house with a painted soop.

2. The pakwan · morning

   7:23 AM – 9:21 AM

   In the morning the house is cleaned and the pakwan cooked — arse, pue, swale and pakodi — and the first of it is offered to the house's devtas.

3. The cows and bullocks · day

   9:21 AM – 3:14 PM

   In the day the cows and bullocks are bathed, their horns oiled, and they are given tilak, a garland and a pinda of barley flour, in thanks for the plough and the milk.

4. The diyas · sunset

   5:12 PM – 5:41 PM

   At sunset diyas are lit at the threshold, through the house and at the devtas' place.

5. The bhailo · night

   5:41 PM – Sat 12:17 AM

   Once it is dark, the bhailo — a bundle of resinous pine on a rope — is lit and swung in the village's open ground, to the dhol and damau.

Times for Columbus, OH in EST, UTC−5, rounded to the minute, computed by Kalava's engine for this town's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise. How