Diwali 2026: date and Lakshmi puja time in your city

Diwali 2026 five day calendar

Monday 9 November is the gap day. Amavasya ends at midday and Pratipada begins, so it is not used for Lakshmi puja or for Govardhan puja in most calendars.

Lakshmi puja muhurat 2026

Lakshmi puja is done in pradosh kaal, the roughly 2 hour 24 minute window after sunset, ideally when the fixed (sthir) Vrishabh lagna is rising. In Delhi on 8 November, sunset is around 5:30 PM and pradosh kaal runs until about 8 PM. Vrishabh lagna rises in the early evening in India too, which is why most calendars give a puja window between about 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM IST.

Business families also do Chopda puja or Sharda puja for new account books, and Kali puja is done at midnight in Bengal and Assam on the same night.

Diwali puja vidhi at home

1. Clean the house fully and decorate the entrance with rangoli and toran.
2. Place Lakshmi and Ganesh on a red cloth on a chowki, Ganesh on Lakshmi's left.
3. Set a kalash with water, mango leaves and coconut.
4. Take sankalp, then worship Ganesh first, then Lakshmi, Saraswati and Kuber.
5. Offer roli, akshat, flowers, kheel batashe, sweets, coins and new items from Dhanteras.
6. Light the main ghee diya and then diyas around the home.
7. Do Lakshmi aarti together and share prasad.

Puja samagri list

• Lakshmi Ganesh idols or picture
• Red cloth and chowki
• Kalash, mango leaves, coconut
• Roli, kumkum, haldi, akshat
• Kheel, batashe, sweets, fruits
• Ghee, oil, cotton wicks, many clay diyas
• Coins, new account book or pen
• Flowers, marigold garlands, lotus if available

Diwali around the world

Green and safe Diwali

• Use clay diyas and LED lights instead of heavy firecrackers.
• Keep a bucket of water nearby when lighting diyas.
• In many cities abroad fireworks need a permit. Check local rules.
• Keep pets indoors during celebrations.

Diwali 2026 time in Indian cities

Lakshmi puja is done in pradosh kaal after sunset while Amavasya runs. Below are sunrise, sunset and moonrise on Sunday, 8 November 2026 for major Indian cities, calculated from each city's latitude and longitude. All times are IST. East Indian cities see the sun and moon earlier, west Indian cities later, by up to about an hour.

Diwali 2026 time in the USA, Canada, UK, UAE and Australia

For families abroad, the tithi starts and ends at the same instant everywhere, but your clock shows it at a different hour and sometimes on a different date. Here is Krishna Amavasya converted to each city's local time, with daylight saving applied, plus sunrise, sunset and moonrise on Sunday, 8 November 2026 in that city.

How to read this table

1. Find your city, or the nearest one in the same time zone.
2. If the tithi covers your evening on Sunday, 8 November 2026, you observe on the same date as India.
3. If it does not, follow your local mandir, which will decide using the same rule.

Open your city's full daily panchang, choghadiya and Rahu kaal from the panchang page.

How we calculate these dates and times

• The festival date is the India observance date published in standard Delhi calendars for 2026.
• The tithi window (Sun 8 Nov, 11:28 AM to Mon 9 Nov, 12:32 PM IST) is calculated from the real positions of the Sun and Moon.
• Sunrise, sunset and moonrise are calculated for each city's coordinates, on a flat horizon.
• Local times use each city's official time zone, including daylight saving.

Frequently asked questions about Diwali 2026