🪷 लक्ष्मी पूजा · Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali main day)

📅 When is Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali main day)?

YearDateDay
20252025-10-21Tuesday
2026 (this year)2026-11-09Monday
20272027-10-29Friday
Mahā-Lakṣmī Pūjā on Kārtika Amāvasyā; Diwali main day.
Associated deity: Mahā-Lakṣmī

Tradition

Tradition: Pan-Hindu

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Primary observance: Pradoṣa-time Lakṣmī-pūjā in cleaned home; deepa-mālā lighting.

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 30,
  "tithi_paksha": "Kṛṣṇa",
  "lunar_month": "Kārtika"
}
Precedence: 1 (lower = higher priority on multi-festival days)
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output

Sources and Connected Observances

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Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali main day)local festival mūrti-page · Pan-Hindu/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceLakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali main day) computed on Tuesday, 2025-10-212026 occurrenceLakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali main day) computed on Monday, 2026-11-092027 occurrenceLakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali main day) computed on Friday, 2027-10-29BG 10.35Krishna as Mārgaśīrṣa among months and kusumākara among seasonsBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckoners/jyotisha-referencetithi, nakshatra, vāra, and pañchāṅga element source layer/cosmic-timekalpa, manvantara, yuga, and annual-cycle time context/lagna-tithi-lokaMātṛ-Vidyā source layer for tithi, loka, and reader-local kṣetra/samskara-muhurtaoperational muhūrta doorway for dharmic timing decisions/bindufestival time as Bindu-touch aperture in the dharmic year/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation