Diwali · 2024
Falls on: Thursday, October 31, 2024 · 5-day festival
Festival of lights celebrating the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. Observed on Kartik Amavasya with Lakshmi Puja during the pradosha hours after sunset.
Dates and timings for Abu Dhabi.
Why this date
It is kept on the day its tithi covers most of Pradosha, the twilight after sunset, in Abu Dhabi.
How it is observed
- Return of Rama to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile
- Victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance
- Lakshmi puja
- Lighting diyas
- Rangoli
- Fireworks
- Gifts
Regional calendars
Also known as: दीवाली (Hindi) · தீபாவளி (Tamil) · దీపావళి (Telugu) · ದೀಪಾವಳಿ (Kannada) · দীপাবলি (Bangla) · દિવાળી (Gujarati) · दिवाळी (Marathi) · ദീപാവലി (Malayalam) · ਦੀਵਾਲੀ (Punjabi)
- Amanta (month ends at the new moon; South and West India)
- Ashwin · Krishna Paksha
- Purnimanta (month ends at the full moon; North India)
- Kartika · Krishna Paksha
- Tamil: Aippasi 15, 2055 (Thiruvalluvar)
- Bengali: Kartik 14, 1431 (Bangabda)
- Odia: Kartika 15, 1432 (Vilayati era)
- Malayalam: Thulam 15, 1200 (Kollam era)
Computed for Abu Dhabi. Each solar calendar starts its month by its own region's rule.
Diwali 2024
Lakshmi/Ganesha
- Thursday, October 31, 2024View day panchang →Tithi window: Thu, Oct 31, 2:23 PM – Fri, Nov 1, 4:47 PM GSTPuja window: 5:42 – 7:18 PM GST
Frequently asked questions
- What is Diwali?
- Festival of lights celebrating the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. Observed on Kartik Amavasya with Lakshmi Puja during the pradosha hours after sunset.
- When is Diwali 2024?
- Diwali falls on Thursday, October 31, 2024.