Diwali is five days of lamps, from Dhanteras to Bhai Dooj. Each day is tied to a lunar day (tithi) at a particular time of day, which is why the dates move every year. Here are this year’s, computed for New Delhi.
The days of Diwali 2029
Dhanteras · Dhanvantari Jayanti
The first lamp of Diwali: the day of Dhanvantari, healer of the gods, and of a small purchase of metal for the home. In the evening a lamp facing south is lit for Yama.
Kuber mantra with meaning · Kuber Yantra meaning
- Tithi: Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:58 (Sat 3 Nov) – 17:30
- Sunset
- 17:33
- Pradosh kaal
- 17:33 – 20:10
- Vrishabha (Taurus) rising, a fixed sign
- 18:10 – 20:05
Choti Diwali (evening lamps)
Chaturdashi has begun: many homes light their first rows of lamps this evening.
- Tithi: Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:30 – 13:45 (Mon 5 Nov)
- Sunset
- 17:33
Naraka Chaturdashi (morning)
The day dawns in Chaturdashi: the oil bath (abhyanga snan) is taken before sunrise, for Krishna’s victory over Narakasura.
- Tithi: Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:30 (Sun 4 Nov) – 13:45
- Abhyanga snan (arunodaya, before sunrise)
- 05:00 – 06:36
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja
The new-Moon night of Kartika: Lakshmi and Ganesha are worshipped after sunset, in pradosh, and the house is lit end to end. Many families wait for a fixed (sthira) sign to rise, so that what is begun stays.
Lakshmi Puja vidhi, step by step · Shri Yantra meaning
- Tithi: Amavasya
- 13:45 – 09:54 (Tue 6 Nov)
- Sunset
- 17:33
- Pradosh kaal
- 17:33 – 20:09
- Vrishabha (Taurus) rising, a fixed sign
- 18:06 – 20:01
- Lakshmi Puja muhurta (pradosh with Vrishabha)
- 18:06 – 20:01
- Simha (Leo) rising, the midnight fixed sign
- 00:37 (Tue 6 Nov) – 02:53 (Tue 6 Nov)
Govardhan Puja · Annakut
Krishna lifted Govardhan hill to shelter the people of Vraj from the storm; homes and temples offer a mountain of food (annakut).
- Tithi: Shukla Pratipada
- 09:54 – 06:08 (Wed 7 Nov)
- Sunrise
- 06:36
Bhai Dooj
Sisters mark a tilak on their brothers’ foreheads, usually in the afternoon (aparahna), and pray for their long life; brothers promise their care in return.
- Tithi: Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:08 – 02:37 (Thu 8 Nov)
- Aparahna (afternoon)
- 13:10 – 15:20
Times shown for New Delhi (UTC+5:30), computed with the Sunyra engine (sidereal Lahiri). Sunrise, sunset and the rising signs shift with your city, by up to an hour or more: check the panchang for your own place. Panchang for your city →
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