The direct answer: Diwali Puja Calendar 2026: Diwali Puja Calendar for 2026 covers all 5 days — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayanti), Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali), Lakshmi Puja (main Diwali), Govardhan Puja, and Bhai Dooj. AskSoma publishes this at asksoma.ai/panchang/calendar/diwali-2026 as a free Vedic astrology resource using Swiss Ephemeris calculations and classical Jyotish interpretation — not generic sun-sign copy.
Diwali Puja Calendar for 2026 covers all 5 days — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayanti), Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali), Lakshmi Puja (main Diwali), Govardhan Puja, and Bhai Dooj.
Diwali Puja Calendar for 2026 covers all 5 days — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayanti), Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali), Lakshmi Puja (main Diwali), Govardhan Puja, and Bhai Dooj.
Headline festivals and solar ingresses, computed from the observed sky. Tithi festivals are resolved at the reference sunrise; rules kept at midnight or twilight (Janmashtami, Maha Shivaratri, Diwali) can be announced a day either side — each such rule is noted.
| Date | Festival |
|---|---|
| 3 January 2026 · Sat | Pausha Purnima |
| 14 January 2026 · Wed | Makara Sankranti |
| 23 January 2026 · Fri | Vasant Panchami |
| 1 February 2026 · Sun | Magha Purnima |
| 13 February 2026 · Fri | Kumbha Sankranti |
| 16 February 2026 · Mon | Maha Shivaratri |
| 3 March 2026 · Tue | Holika Dahan / Phalguna Purnima |
| 15 March 2026 · Sun | Meena Sankranti |
| 19 March 2026 · Thu | Ugadi / Gudi Padwa |
| 21 March 2026 · Sat | Gangaur |
| 27 March 2026 · Fri | Ram Navami |
| 14 April 2026 · Tue | Mesha Sankranti |
| 19 April 2026 · Sun | Akshaya Tritiya |
| 1 May 2026 · Fri | Buddha Purnima |
| 15 May 2026 · Fri | Vrishabha Sankranti |
| 25 May 2026 · Mon | Ganga Dussehra |
| 15 June 2026 · Mon | Mithuna Sankranti |
| 15 June 2026 · Mon | Somvati Amavasya |
| 16 July 2026 · Thu | Karka Sankranti |
| 16 July 2026 · Thu | Rath Yatra |
| 29 July 2026 · Wed | Guru Purnima |
| 12 August 2026 · Wed | Hariyali Amavasya |
| 15 August 2026 · Sat | Hariyali Teej |
| 17 August 2026 · Mon | Simha Sankranti |
| 17 August 2026 · Mon | Nag Panchami |
| 18 August 2026 · Tue | Kalki Jayanti |
| 28 August 2026 · Fri | Raksha Bandhan |
| 4 September 2026 · Fri | Krishna Janmashtami |
| 14 September 2026 · Mon | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 17 September 2026 · Thu | Kanya Sankranti |
| 19 September 2026 · Sat | Radha Ashtami |
| 25 September 2026 · Fri | Anant Chaturdashi |
| 10 October 2026 · Sat | Mahalaya Amavasya |
| 11 October 2026 · Sun | Sharad Navratri begins |
| 17 October 2026 · Sat | Tula Sankranti |
| 19 October 2026 · Mon | Durga Ashtami |
| 21 October 2026 · Wed | Vijayadashami |
| 26 October 2026 · Mon | Sharad Purnima |
| 6 November 2026 · Fri | Dhanteras |
| 8 November 2026 · Sun | Diwali / Kali Puja |
| 9 November 2026 · Mon | Somvati Amavasya |
| 10 November 2026 · Tue | Govardhan Puja / Bestu Varas |
| 11 November 2026 · Wed | Bhai Dooj |
| 15 November 2026 · Sun | Chhath (Sandhya Arghya) |
| 16 November 2026 · Mon | Vrischika Sankranti |
| 24 November 2026 · Tue | Kartik Purnima / Dev Deepawali |
| 16 December 2026 · Wed | Dhanu Sankranti |
Computed 2026-10-11 · dates resolved for New Delhi, IST — the reference meridian printed panchangs use. The same tithi can resolve to a different civil date elsewhere on Earth.
Positions from the shared Lahiri-sidereal ephemeris; sunrise by the NOAA solar calculator. Every date above is computed, not stored. How AskSoma computes things.
The Indian reference date for Lakshmi Puja in 2026 is Sunday, 8 November. A festival date is not a universal clock-time window. Drik Panchang’s 2026 listing, for example, gives different Lakshmi Puja intervals for New Delhi and Chennai. Use the location where the puja will take place and check the timezone before making arrangements.
Lakshmi Puja commonly considers the overlap of Amavasya, Pradosh and the chosen fixed lagna. Those are different intervals: Amavasya is a lunar phase division, Pradosh is an evening period, and the lagna depends on the local horizon. Copying a tithi’s start time does not by itself identify the puja muhurat.
This page’s calendar helps locate the festival and inspect the day. Confirm the precise ritual window with the local Panchang or officiant whose convention your family follows. If two sources disagree, compare location, timezone, tithi boundaries and selection rule before assuming either is wrong. A 2025 timetable should not be reused for 2026.
Kali Puja, also called Shyama Puja, is observed during the Diwali period in the Bengali tradition. Drik Panchang’s Indian 2026 reference places it on 8 November. Its Nishita observance is a nighttime window, so the evening Lakshmi Puja interval should not be relabelled as a Kali Puja muhurat.
Check both the civil date and whether the end of a window falls after midnight. A display such as 24:30 refers to 00:30 on the following civil date, not to the afternoon. Your local timezone and the source’s notation matter when sharing arrangements with relatives in another country.
The calendar date is a starting point for planning, not a claim that this page has computed every family’s ritual requirements. Use the linked Kali Puja reference for a city-specific Nishita window and confirm the observance with your officiant. Safe lighting, accessibility and practical arrangements remain necessary regardless of the selected timing.
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The astrology is not written from memory: every chart position, dasha period and panchang timing AskSoma shows is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris on the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa. How we calculate.