Diwali 2026
Diwali falls on Sunday, 8 November 2026 in India. The tithi's exact window, sunrise in your city and the Lakshmi Puja window, computed to the minute.
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The festival of lights. Lakṣmī pūjā is done in the evening of Kārtika Amāvāsyā — in Pradosh Kāla, the twilight after sunset, and best while a fixed (sthira) sign rises, so that what is welcomed stays.
- Date in India
- Sunday, 8 November 2026
- Tithi
- Lakṣmī pūjā on Kārtika Amāvāsyā
- Tithi begins
- 8 Nov, 11:29 am IST
- Tithi ends
- 9 Nov, 12:32 pm IST
By city
Each city at its own clock. Outside India the festival is reckoned at your own sunrise, so its date can fall a day apart from India's.
| City | Date | Pradosh Kaal | Vrishabha lagna | Lakshmi Puja muhurat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | Same day | 5:31 pm – 8:08 pm | 5:55 pm – 7:51 pm | 5:55 pm – 7:51 pm |
| Mumbai | Same day | 6:02 pm – 8:34 pm | 6:28 pm – 8:28 pm | 6:28 pm – 8:28 pm |
| Kolkata | Same day | 4:55 pm – 7:29 pm | 5:21 pm – 7:20 pm | 5:21 pm – 7:20 pm |
| Chennai | Same day | 5:40 pm – 8:09 pm | 6:08 pm – 8:10 pm | 6:08 pm – 8:09 pm |
| Bengaluru | Same day | 5:51 pm – 8:19 pm | 6:19 pm – 8:21 pm | 6:19 pm – 8:19 pm |
| Hyderabad | Same day | 5:41 pm – 8:12 pm | 6:09 pm – 8:09 pm | 6:09 pm – 8:09 pm |
| Pune | Same day | 5:58 pm – 8:29 pm | 6:25 pm – 8:26 pm | 6:25 pm – 8:26 pm |
| Ahmedabad | Same day | 5:58 pm – 8:32 pm | 6:23 pm – 8:22 pm | 6:23 pm – 8:22 pm |
| Jaipur | Same day | 5:39 pm – 8:15 pm | 6:04 pm – 8:01 pm | 6:04 pm – 8:01 pm |
| Lucknow | Same day | 5:19 pm – 7:55 pm | 5:44 pm – 7:40 pm | 5:44 pm – 7:40 pm |
| Chandigarh | Same day | 5:29 pm – 8:07 pm | 5:53 pm – 7:48 pm | 5:53 pm – 7:48 pm |
| Patna | Same day | 5:04 pm – 7:39 pm | 5:29 pm – 7:26 pm | 5:29 pm – 7:26 pm |
| Bhopal | Same day | 5:38 pm – 8:12 pm | 6:04 pm – 8:02 pm | 6:04 pm – 8:02 pm |
| Indore | Same day | 5:45 pm – 8:19 pm | 6:11 pm – 8:09 pm | 6:11 pm – 8:09 pm |
| Varanasi | Same day | 5:13 pm – 7:48 pm | 5:38 pm – 7:35 pm | 5:38 pm – 7:35 pm |
| Dehradun | Same day | 5:25 pm – 8:03 pm | 5:49 pm – 7:44 pm | 5:49 pm – 7:44 pm |
| Amritsar | Same day | 5:35 pm – 8:14 pm | 5:59 pm – 7:53 pm | 5:59 pm – 7:53 pm |
| Nagpur | Same day | 5:34 pm – 8:07 pm | 6:00 pm – 7:59 pm | 6:00 pm – 7:59 pm |
| London | Same day | 4:21 pm – 7:18 pm | 4:35 pm – 6:13 pm | 4:35 pm – 6:13 pm |
| New York | Same day | 4:44 pm – 7:30 pm | 5:03 pm – 6:52 pm | 5:03 pm – 6:52 pm |
| Toronto | Same day | 4:59 pm – 7:47 pm | 5:17 pm – 7:03 pm | 5:17 pm – 7:03 pm |
| Dubai | Same day | 5:34 pm – 8:09 pm | 5:59 pm – 7:56 pm | 5:59 pm – 7:56 pm |
| Singapore | Same day | 6:50 pm – 9:13 pm | 7:20 pm – 9:27 pm | 7:20 pm – 9:13 pm |
| Sydney | Same day | 7:29 pm – 9:32 pm | 8:06 pm – 10:27 pm | 8:06 pm – 9:32 pm |
See the day from your own chart
The almanac is the same for everyone in a city. Your chart says which of these hours and days lean your way, from your own Moon and your own periods.
How this is worked out
The day is the one the classical rule gives for this festival — the tithi at sunrise, or at the time of day its worship belongs to (Lakṣmī pūjā at dusk). Times are computed for each city on that day, to the minute, in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri). Pradosh Kāla is the first three of the night's fifteen muhūrtas after sunset; the Lakṣmī pūjā window is where it meets the fixed Vṛṣabha lagna. An almanac's window for reflection and practice — not a guarantee of any outcome.