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  2. What date is Diwali 2024? What is Diwali? How is it ... - AOL

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    Dhanteras, the preparation period leading up to the peak of the Diwali on Oct. 31, begin two days earlier on Oct. 29. Diwali’s date is determined by the lunar calendar.

  3. Diwali - Wikipedia

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    2024 date: October [3] 30 ... A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), ... This day is commonly celebrated as Diwali in ...

  4. Dhanteras - Wikipedia

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    2024 date: 29 October ... Diwali: Explanatory note; Hindu festival dates. The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified ... (especially Tamil ...

  5. Tamil calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Tamil calendar (தமிழ் நாட்காட்டி) is a sidereal solar calendar used by the Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is also used in Puducherry , and by the Tamil population in Sri Lanka , Malaysia , Singapore , Myanmar and Mauritius .

  6. When is Diwali 2024? Why is the holiday celebrated?

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    Many Hindus observe Diwali as a day of celebrating the return of Prince Rama of Ayodhya, his wife Sita, and brother Lakshman after 14 years of exile, according to the Hindu American Foundation.

  7. Lakshmi Puja - Wikipedia

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    The occasion is celebrated on the amavasya (new moon day) in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar month of Ashwayuja (according to the amanta tradition) or Kartika (according to the purnimanta tradition), on the third day of Deepavali in Nepal and most parts of India. [1] In Odisha, Assam, Bengal this puja is celebrated five days after Vijaya Dashami.

  8. Kārtika (month) - Wikipedia

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    The festival of Kartik Poornima (Kartika 15/30) falls in this month; it celebrated as Dev Deepavali in Varanasi. This coincides with the nirvana of the Jain Tirthankara Mahavira , the birth of the Sikh Guru Nanak, Guru Nanak Jayanti , and the well-known Ayyappan garland festival for the god of Sabarimala , which is also known as Tripuri Purnima.

  9. Surasamharam - Wikipedia

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    In the lunisolar calendar, Surasamharam falls on the 6th day on the bright half (Shukla Paksha) phase of the Kartika lunar month, just 6 to 7 days after Diwali. Most South Indians celebrate Surasamharam as part of the 6 day fast known as Maha Skanda Sashti, starting from the day after Diwali up through the 6th day.