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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, Diwali ... Diwali in the capital, Delhi, ...
Diwali, the festival of lights, represents the triumph of good over evil ... November 10, 2023 at 2:11 AM. Diwali, the festival of lights, is a religious observance commemorated by Hindus, ...
2024 date: October [3] 30 ... New Delhi. Diwali was also described by numerous travellers from outside India. ... In 2023, a Diwali celebration in Ayodhya, ...
Date Name Type Details January 26: Republic Day: fixed Celebrates the 1950 adoption of the Constitution of India [2] August 15: Independence Day: fixed Celebrates the 1947 Independence from the British rule [3] October 2: Gandhi Jayanti: fixed Honors Mahatma Gandhi, who was born on October 2, 1869 [4]
Diwali is preceded by Navaratri, another Hindu festival that is observed every autumn over the course of nine nights. This year, Navaratri ran from 3 October to 12 October.
In Gujarat the new year is celebrated as the day after Diwali. As per the Hindu Calendar, it falls on Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu month of Kartik. As per the Indian Calendar based on the lunar cycle, Kartik is the first month of the year and the New Year in Gujarat falls on the first bright day of Kartik (Ekam).
Customers buy paper lanterns and other decorative items at a shop in Mumbai ahead of Diwali in 2023. - Sujit Jaiswal/AFP/Getty Images Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word deepavali, meaning “row ...
a constituent part of Diwali: Significance: celebration of health: Date: Ashvin 28 (amanta tradition) Kartika 13 (purnimanta tradition) 2023 date: 10 November: 2024 date: 29 October: Frequency: Annual: Related to: Diwali