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New Delhi, India
8
November 2026
Sunday
Lakshmi
The festival of lights
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja Puja Timings
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja on Sunday, November 8, 2026
Kartik, Krishna Paksha, Amavasya
Begins: 11:28 AM, Nov 08 · Ends: 12:32 PM, Nov 09
Duration: Evening
19 days
Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrates Goddess Lakshmi's arrival into clean, lit homes and Lord Rama's return to Ayodhya after fourteen years of exile.
Homes are decorated with diyas and rangoli, and the evening centres on Lakshmi Puja for prosperity in the year ahead.
The festival of lights, marking the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after fourteen years of exile and his victory over Ravana. The main day centres on Lakshmi Puja, inviting prosperity into the home.
North India
Centred on Rama's return to Ayodhya and Lakshmi Puja.
West Bengal, Odisha, Assam
Coincides with Kali Puja rather than Lakshmi Puja as the main observance.
South India
The main day is often Naraka Chaturdashi, a day earlier, marking Krishna's defeat of the demon Narakasura.
Jain communities
Marks the anniversary of Lord Mahavira's attainment of Nirvana.
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja 2026 mein Sunday, 8 November ko hai (New Delhi ke panchang ke anusaar). Tithi: Kartik, Krishna Paksha, Amavasya. Yeh tithi 11:28 AM, Nov 08 se 12:32 PM, Nov 09 tak rehti hai. Apne shehar ke hisaab se samay thoda alag ho sakta hai.
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja 8 November se shuru hota hai. Avadhi: Evening.
Most Hindu festivals are set by the lunar Hindu calendar (a specific Tithi within a specific lunar month), not the solar Gregorian calendar used internationally. Since a lunar year runs roughly 11 days shorter than a solar year, the same Tithi lands on a different Gregorian date each year — this is normal and expected, not an error.