Diwali Day
Diwali is a five day festival the height of which is celebrated on the third day coinciding with the darkest night of the lunar month.
Diwali day. Devotees also set ablaze the lamps. The corresponding dates in the gregorian calendar usually fall in late october and november. The 14th day is called chaturdashi.
Diwali also spelled divali one of the major religious festivals in hinduism lasting for five days from the 13th day of the dark half of the lunar month ashvina to the second day of the light half of karttika. Diwali also known as the festival of lights is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the hindu month of kartik. Diwalis third day is its most important.
Diwali deepavali 2020 date puja vidhi muhurat timings mantra history in india. Its observed on the 15th day of kartik the holiest month in the hindu lunar calendar. In 2020 diwali is on november 14.
Happiness spreads through sharing but this year everyone needs to be extra careful with festivities and congregations to celebrate. Dhanteras on the first day of diwali people will perform rituals called puja or pooja and place tea lights around the balconies or entryways of homes. On this day people may go to temple to honor lakshmi or gather with friends and family for feasts and fireworks.
Choti diwali or kali chaudas is a hindu festival that falls on the 14th day of the krishna paksha in the vikram samvat hindu calendar month of kartik. Diwali is normally commemorated with dinner parties gifts and games with family and. On the day the lakshmi puja timings are between 0528 pm and 0724 pm.
On this day people decorate their home with diyas rangolis and rice lights wear new clothes organise get togethers exchange sweets and savouries and in the evening perform lakshmi pujan. Also known as deepavali which literally translates to a row of lights hindus consider it to be the holiest day of the lunar month kartik. Diwali traditionally known as deepavali is a festival that hindus eagerly look forward to.
Diwali falls in either october or november each year depending on the cycle of the moon. During the festival hindus jains and sikhs illuminate their homes temples and work spaces with diyas candles and lanterns 13 hindus in particular have a ritual oil bath at dawn on each day of the. The five days of diwali are as follows.
Narak chaturdashi different regions celebrate this day in various ways but many people will.