Choose your place on Drikganitha to load Deepavali 2026 dates, then use favourable horas while avoiding Rāhu Kālam, Yamagaṇḍam, and Guḷikai.
Do not begin the main ritual or light the stove for ceremonial cooking during these daily malefic intervals:
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Dīpāvali — festival of lights tied to Amāvāsyā / Naraka Caturdaśī; Lakṣmī worship and lamps.
Pan-regional listing across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali calendars in Drikganitha.
Civil day from regional lunar or solar rules at local sunrise.
On the Panchang the civil date follows civil day of that pakṣa’s Amāvāsyā (or Naraka Caturdaśī where your region prioritises it), from local sunrise. Because tithi and nakṣatra boundaries are reckoned from local sunrise, the same observance can fall a day earlier or later in another city.
Dīpāvali — festival of lights tied to Amāvāsyā / Naraka Caturdaśī; Lakṣmī worship and lamps.
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Dates below for 2026 are computed from sunrise at your selected place. The same vrata can fall on an adjacent civil day in another city.
What is the exact date of Deepavali 2026 in Chennai?
Deepavali 2026 date for Chennai is computed from local sunrise on Drikganitha.
Why are Rāhu Kālam, Yamagaṇḍam, and Guḷikai avoided?
In classical muhūrta practice these segments are treated as inauspicious for starting sacred rites or ceremonial cooking. Favourable Guru, Sūrya, Śukra, or Chandra horas that do not overlap them are preferred.
What is Dipavali?
Dīpāvali — often called Diwali — is the festival of lights that closes the dark lunar fortnight of Kārttika. Homes and temples fill with lamps, and many families keep Lakṣmī worship alongside the lighting of rows of dīpas.
When is Dipavali in 2026?
On the Panchang the civil date follows civil day of that pakṣa’s Amāvāsyā (or Naraka Caturdaśī where your region prioritises it), from local sunrise. Because tithi and nakṣatra boundaries are reckoned from local sunrise, the same observance can fall a day earlier or later in another city.
How is Dipavali observed?
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Who observes Dipavali?
Pan-regional listing across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali calendars in Drikganitha.