Pan-India · Lakshmi Puja · Pradosh · Amavasya
Diwali
दीवाली
8 November 2026 · Rajasthan · Apna Panchang
Panchang for this date
This observance is pan-India. Open the panchang for your selected city, Jaipur, on the festival date.
- Sunrise
- 06:41 AM
- Sunset
- 05:39 PM
- Rahu Kalam
- 04:17 PM – 05:39 PM
- Pradosh kaal
- 05:39 PM – 08:03 PM
This year's note
Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) is Amavasya of Kartik Krishna paksha — 8 November 2026. Lamps, Chopda pujan for new account books, and Lakshmi-Ganesh worship after dusk define the night. Rajasthan shops in Johari Bazaar and Sojati Gate keep late hours; Mewar havelis draw mandana at the threshold.
Pradosh kaal after sunset is the usual Lakshmi puja window. Amavasya and the exact pradosh bounds move with the city's sun times.
Open your city panchang for 8 November for sunset, the Lakshmi puja window, and rahu kalam before you light the first diya.
Diwali date
Diwali is Kartik Krishna Amavasya. Lamps and Lakshmi-Ganesh puja sit on that amavasya evening, not only on a printed date. Amavasya can straddle two civil days — take sunset and pradosh from your city panchang.
Lakshmi puja muhurat (Pradosh)
Pradosh is commonly taken as about three muhurtas (roughly 2 hours 24 minutes) after sunset. That is the usual Lakshmi puja window. Some homes also keep a later Nishita puja — follow the house custom. If Rahu kalam overlaps pradosh, keep the sankalp outside Rahu.
Puja vidhi
Clean the threshold, rangoli or mandana, install Ganesh-Lakshmi, lamps, flowers, sweets, and Chopda pujan for new account books. Mewar havelis draw mandana at the door. Vidhi is the household's — the panchang only times the clocks.
Mantra
A common japa is Om Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah. Remember Ganesh first, then Lakshmi, when the lamp is lit. Longer stotras come from your priest or family book.
Related festivals
Common panchang questions
- When is Diwali in 2026 and 2027?
- Diwali 2026 is 8 November; Diwali 2027 is 29 October. Both are Kartik Amavasya — read sunset and pradosh on that day's city panchang.
- When should Lakshmi puja be done?
- In pradosh after sunset. The window differs by minutes between Jaipur and Jaisalmer.
- Can we light diyas in Rahu kalam?
- Most families keep a new sankalp outside Rahu. A lamp already burning may stay — follow the house custom.