How many days until Diwali?
🪔 Sunday, November 8, 2026
Diwali is 87 days away.
🌙 This one follows the lunar calendar. We show the calculated date; where the month starts with a local moon sighting it can land a day either side.
That's 12 weeks and 3 days to go.
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Upcoming Diwali dates
| Year | Date | Day of week | Days away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | November 8 | Sunday | 87 |
| 2027 | October 29 | Friday | 442 |
| 2028 | October 17 | Tuesday | 796 |
| 2029 | November 5 | Monday | 1,180 |
| 2030 | October 26 | Saturday | 1,535 |
Calculated dates. A local moon sighting can move the day by one.
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The festival of lights runs for five days, with Lakshmi Puja, the main night of lamps, sweets and fireworks, as the day counted here. It follows the Hindu lunisolar calendar, so it drifts between October and November.
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Diwali runs for five days, and the night counted here is Lakshmi Puja, the main evening of lamps, sweets and fireworks. 🪔 It follows the Hindu lunisolar calendar, so it drifts between mid-October and mid-November.
Think of the five days as a week-long sunrise. The light builds one lamp at a time until the third night, then eases off again.
- It is a public holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Fiji and Trinidad and Tobago, among others.
- Jains and Sikhs mark the same days for their own reasons, which is part of why the crowds are so large.
- The date here is calculated. Regional calendars can put the main night a day either side. ✨
The five days
| Day | What it is |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dhanteras. Buying metal is considered lucky. |
| 2 | Naraka Chaturdashi, or Choti Diwali. |
| 3 | Lakshmi Puja. The main night, and the one this page counts to. |
| 4 | Govardhan Puja or Annakut. |
| 5 | Bhai Dooj, for brothers and sisters. |
Questions people ask
Which of the five days does the counter use?
The third, Lakshmi Puja, because that is the night most people mean when they say Diwali.
Why does the date move so much?
The Hindu calendar tracks both the moon and the sun, so it slides against the Gregorian calendar by a few weeks each year.
More background: Diwali on Wikipedia