🪷 नरक चतुर्दशी · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)

Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī) Source-Anchor Spine

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Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)local festival mūrti-page · Vaishnava/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceNaraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī) computed on Monday, 2025-10-202026 occurrenceNaraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī) computed on Sunday, 2026-11-082027 occurrenceNaraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī) computed on Thursday, 2027-10-28ŚB 10.59local Bhāgavata route mirrored from festival source text: Bhāgavata 10.59BG 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 foundationtextual witnessesBhāgavata 10.59

📅 When is Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)?

YearDateDay
20252025-10-20Monday
2026 (this year)2026-11-08Sunday
20272027-10-28Thursday
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.
Associated deity: Krishna (Narakāsura-vadha)

Tradition

Tradition: Vaishnava

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 29,
  "tithi_paksha": "Kṛṣṇa",
  "lunar_month": "Kārtika"
}

Sources

Precedence: 2 (lower = higher priority on multi-festival days)
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output