Diwali · 2025
Falls on: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 · 6-day festival (Oct 18 – 23)
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 Gwangju.
Why this date
It is kept on the day its tithi covers most of Pradosha, the twilight after sunset, in Gwangju.
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 5, 2056 (Thiruvalluvar)
- Bengali: Kartik 4, 1432 (Bangabda)
- Odia: Kartika 5, 1433 (Vilayati era)
- Malayalam: Thulam 4, 1201 (Kollam era)
Computed for Gwangju. Each solar calendar starts its month by its own region's rule.
Diwali 2025
Lakshmi/Ganesha
- Tuesday, October 21, 2025View day panchang →Tithi window: Mon, Oct 20, 7:15 PM – Tue, Oct 21, 9:25 PM GMT+9Puja window: 5:50 – 7:26 PM GMT+9
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 2025?
- Diwali falls on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.