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Writing on Jyotish, anushthan vidhi and the reasoning behind them — so a family can decide with understanding rather than on hearsay.
5 October 2026
Karwa Chauth 2026 in the UAE is Thursday 29 October. Sargi before a working day, puja after Dubai sunset, moonrise around 8:25 pm GST — and why a Delhi screenshot will keep you waiting past the moon.
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5 October 2026
Vijayadashami 2026 in the UAE is Tuesday 20 October. Vijay muhurat in GST, Ayudha Puja on the 19th, visarjan without a river, and why a working Tuesday is still a complete Dashami.
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19 September 2026
How love and marriage are actually read from the fifth and seventh houses, what internet 'love marriage yog' claims about Rahu, why Gun Milan still applies, and what a delay is not.
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18 September 2026
Diwali 2026 in the UAE: Dhanteras 6 November, Lakshmi Puja Sunday 8 November. How a Dubai apartment keeps diyas, the evening muhurat in GST, gold without a superstition, and what the building will actually allow.
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18 September 2026
Sharad Navratri 2026 in the UAE: Ghatasthapana on 11 October, Ashtami–Navami 18–19, Dussehra 20 October. How a Dubai apartment keeps the kalash, kanya puja and garba hours without a nine-colour shopping list, and what GST does to the tithi.
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18 September 2026
How Pitra Dosh is counted from the ninth house, Surya and Rahu; Pitru Paksha 2026 dates; what a family abroad can do; and how Shraddh, tarpan and Tripindi differ — without treating the name as a curse.
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18 September 2026
Seven days, three days or one in a Dubai villa or hall; Friday–Saturday weekends and GST versus IST; what a Vyas Peeth needs in an apartment; and how a family in the UAE books a Katha on WhatsApp without treating a flight as the only valid form.
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3 September 2026
Janmashtami 2026 falls on 4 September, with Nishita Kaal around midnight into the 5th. Why some calendars print the 3rd, how Ashtami and Rohini are read, the vrat, the jhula, and Dahi Handi the next day.
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3 September 2026
Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 is 14 September; Anant Chaturdashi and visarjan fall on 25 September. How a household does sthapana, what the Chaturthi vrat is, why Plaster of Paris is a problem, and what visarjan is for.
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3 September 2026
Sharad Navratri 2026 runs 11–19 October, Dussehra on 20 October. Ghatasthapana, the nine forms, kanya puja, why garba and Durga Puja are the same fortnight and not the same rite, and what a vrat is not.
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8 September 2026
How Kaal Sarp Yoga is counted from the Rahu–Ketu axis, complete and partial forms, the twelve names in popular use, what the classical material actually supports, and what a Kaal Sarp Shanti is — and is not.
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12 September 2026
How Sade Sati is counted from the natal Moon, the three phases, why two people born the same year experience it differently, and what a Shani Shanti is — and is not.
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14 September 2026
How Ashtakoot Gun Milan is scored, what Nadi and Bhakoot actually are, why eighteen out of thirty-six is a threshold and not a verdict, and what matching does not cover.
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10 August 2026
Which houses Mangal Dosh is counted in, why readings from the Lagna, the Moon and Shukra disagree, the parihar the classical texts record, and what a Mangal Shanti actually involves.
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26 July 2026
What a seven-day Katha covers day by day, the shorter forms, dates and sankalp, the Vyas Peeth, seating, samagri and the bhandara — a practical guide for the host family.
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08 July 2026
When Tripindi Shraddh is prescribed, how Pitra Dosh is read in a chart, the vidhi in sequence, who may sit as yajman, and how a suitable tithi is chosen.
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