festival
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja दिवाली
The Amavasya of Kartika in the purnimanta reckoning — the same night as Ashwin Amavasya in the amanta one. The Lakshmi Puja muhurat is in the Pradosh window after sunset.
2026 · Delhi
8 Nov 2026
Ravivaar (Sun) · Krishna Chaturdashi
Sunset (Pradosh begins): 17:31
The rule
What decides this date
- Month
- Kartika
- Fortnight
- Krishna Paksha
- Tithi
- Amavasya
- Reckoning
- Purnimanta (full moon to full moon)
- Observed in
- Across India
- Timed by
- pradosh
This rule is quoted in the purnimanta calendar followed across north India. In the amanta calendar of the south and west the same night falls in the previous month — a different month name for the identical date.
Across years
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja in 2026–2028
Same rule, three years, three different Gregorian dates. Nothing here is stored — it is recomputed each time.
| Year | Date | Day | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 Nov 2026 | Ravivaar (Sun) | Krishna Chaturdashi |
| 2027 | 29 Oct 2027 | Shukravaar (Fri) | Krishna Amavasya |
| 2028 | 17 Oct 2028 | Mangalvaar (Tue) | Krishna Chaturdashi |
Across cities
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja 2026, by city
A festival falls on the day whose local sunrise its tithi spans, so the date itself can differ — and any time the observance keys on certainly does.
| City | Date | pradosh |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 8 Nov 2026 | 17:31 |
| Mumbai | 8 Nov 2026 | 18:02 |
| London | 8 Nov 2026 | 16:22 |
| San Francisco | 8 Nov 2026 | 17:04 |