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2. When Is Diwali? Everything To Know About India's ... - AOL

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   Diwali is a five-day religious festival. The main festival day falls on a different date each autumn, timed to the Hindu lunar calendar, but it usually falls in October or November. In 2023 ...

3. Diwali - Wikipedia

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   Diwali (English: / d ɪ ˈ w ɑː l iː /; Deepavali, [4] IAST: Dīpāvalī) is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions. [ a ] It symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance".

4. Diwali 2023: When is the festival of lights and how is it ...

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   Diwali is preceded by Navaratri, another Hindu festival that is observed every autumn over the course of nine nights. This year, Navaratri ran from 15 October to 24 October.

5. Public holidays in India - Wikipedia

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   September – October. Dussehra (Vijayadashami) Floating. Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month in the Hindu Calendar [ 8] October – November. Diwali. Floating. Hindu festival of lights.

6. Public holidays in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Several federal holidays are widely observed by private businesses with paid time off. These include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Businesses often close or grant paid time off for New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, and the Day after Thanksgiving, but none of these are federal holidays ...

7. 'Shubh Deepavali!' 25 Awesome Facts About Diwali, the Hindu ...

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   Starting on Sunday, November 12, 2023, and continuing on for five days, one of the many fun Diwali facts is the festival gets its name from the row (usually called avali) of clay lamps (called ...

8. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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   A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga ( Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग ), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying ...

9. Dhanteras - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Dhanteras [1] ( Hindi: धनतेरस ), also known as Dhanatrayodashi ( Sanskrit: धनत्रयोदशी ), is the first day that marks the festival of Diwali in most of India. It is celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day (Trayodashi) of Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin (according to the ...