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Diwali will be celebrated on Oct. 31 this year, but the South Asian religious festival of lights spans five full days. The week includes sweet treats and artistic combinations of flowers, powder ...
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Diwali (English: / d ɪ ˈ w ɑː l iː /), also called Deepavali (IAST: Dīpāvalī) or Deepawali (IAST: Dīpāwalī), [4] is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism.
Many of the major festivals in Jainism fall in and around the chaomasa (Sanskrit: chaturmasa) period of the calendar. [2] It is the four-month monsoon period when the Jain ascetics are mandated to remain in residence at one place in the Jain tradition, rather than be traveling or going around Indian villages and towns and never staying in one ...
The 2024 Lambton—Kent—Middlesex provincial by-election and 2024 Milton provincial by-election are held. [42] May 10–15 – 2024 Canadian wildfires: Evacuation orders are issued in parts of British Columbia and Alberta due to wildfires. [43] May 18 – Three people are killed after a speed boat and a fishing boat collide in Bobs Lake ...
Also in Edison, The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, 2500 Woodbridge Road, is hosting several celebrations to mark Diwali and the holidays.A kid's Diwali celebration is planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m ...
The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day). Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta ...
The day has been a holiday for employees of the federal government and federally-regulated industries since 2021. [ 14 ] As of 2023 [update] , the day is observed as a statutory holiday for all workers in British Columbia, [ 15 ] Prince Edward Island, [ 16 ] the Northwest Territories, [ 17 ] Nunavut, [ 16 ] and Yukon. [ 18 ]