festival 2027
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja 2027: Friday, 29 October 2027
Krishna Amavasya · amanta Ashwina · computed for New Delhi
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja in 2027 falls on Friday, 29 October 2027. It is kept on the Amavasya of amanta Ashwina — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Kartika.
Why Diwali Is on 29 October in 2027
The Amavasya begins at 20:48 on 28 October 2027 and ends at 19:06 on 29 October 2027. The 2027 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Diwali tests the tithi at pradosh, the span that begins at sunset (“tithi at pradosh”).
On 29 October 2027 the Sun rises at 06:30 and sets at 17:38 at New Delhi. The Amavasya is already running at sunrise, so on 29 October 2027 the sunrise rule and the pradosh rule agree.
In 2027 the Amavasya lasts 22 hours 18 minutes, against 25 hours 4 minutes in 2026 and 20 hours 21 minutes in 2028: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 11 hours 8 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi, and sunset at 17:38 on 29 October 2027 falls inside the Amavasya. The Amavasya ends at the new moon itself, 19:06 on 29 October 2027, with the Moon in Libra and Swati.
The daily panchang for 29 October 2027 gives Amavasya at sunrise; the day before, Krishna Chaturdashi; the day after, Shukla Pratipada. At that sunrise the yoga is Priti and the karana Chatushpada. The panchang for 29 October 2027 has the rest of the day.
When the Amavasya begins, the Moon is in Chitra, ruled by Mars.
Diwali in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Diwali 2026 | 8 November 2026 | Sunday |
| Diwali 2027 | 29 October 2027 | Friday |
| Diwali 2028 | 17 October 2028 | Tuesday |
Diwali 2027 comes 10 days earlier in the calendar year than Diwali 2026. Between Diwali 2026 and Diwali 2027 the lunation table has 12 new moons, and twelve lunations fall short of a solar year, so the date moves earlier.
In the 2027 table Diwali comes 1 day after Narak Chaturdashi and 1 day before Govardhan Puja.
Within six days of Diwali in 2027: Dhanteras (27 October), Narak Chaturdashi (28 October), Govardhan Puja (30 October), Bhai Dooj (31 October) and Chhath Puja (4 November).
Related
Every 2027 festival is on the festival dates page and in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Diwali 2027 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.