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Kartik · Amavasya · Lakshmi Maa
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja 2026दीपावली · लक्ष्मी पूजा
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja 2026 is on Sunday, 8 November 2026 in Baltimore, MD, and Lakshmi Puja · pradosh: 4:58 PM–7:43 PM EST, UTC−5.
In 32 days · computed for Baltimore, MD · EST, UTC−5Baltimore · Sunday, 8 November 2026
The day, hour by hour
The day · the house made ready
6:42 AMFrom sunrise the house is cleaned, the door dressed and the diyas readied, so that everything stands ready before sunset.
Lakshmi Puja · pradosh
4:58 PM – 7:43 PMPradosh — from sunset through the first fifth of the night — while Amavasya holds is the hour of Lakshmi Maa's puja. Many panchangs name the steady Vrishabha lagna within it as the best part.
Nishita · Mahanishita puja
11:26 PM – Mon 12:14 AMThe middle of the night. The puja diya still burns; a few houses sit again before Lakshmi Maa at this hour.
Times for Baltimore, MD in EST, UTC−5, rounded to the minute, computed by Kalava's engine for this town's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise. How
On the darkest night of Kartik, Lakshmi Maa is said to move from house to house and stay where it is clean and lit. So the house is made ready by day, and after sunset the family does Her puja with Ganesh ji, and lights a diya in every corner from the one before Her.
The vrat
A vrat on Diwali is kept by choice, not by rule. Those who keep it eat after the evening puja, with its prasad. Someone unwell, carrying a child, nursing or diabetic eats as usual and keeps the puja.
In Tamil Nadu Deepavali is kept on Naraka Chaturdashi, with the oil bath before dawn; in the north it is the Amavasya night of Lakshmi Puja. Some years these are the same civil day.
Every town is its own sunrise
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja 2026 in other towns
Highlighted rows keep the day on another date than India. Tap a town for its full day.
| Town | Date | Lakshmi Puja · pradosh |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 8 Nov | 5:31 PM–8:09 PM |
| Mumbai | 8 Nov | 6:02 PM–8:34 PM |
| Kolkata | 8 Nov | 4:56 PM–7:29 PM |
| Chennai | 8 Nov | 5:40 PM–8:09 PM |
| Bengaluru | 8 Nov | 5:51 PM–8:20 PM |
| Hyderabad | 8 Nov | 5:42 PM–8:13 PM |
| Ahmedabad | 8 Nov | 5:58 PM–8:32 PM |
| Jaipur | 8 Nov | 5:40 PM–8:16 PM |
| Lucknow | 8 Nov | 5:19 PM–7:55 PM |
| Patna | 8 Nov | 5:04 PM–7:40 PM |
| Abroad | ||
| Baltimore US | 8 Nov | 4:58 PM–7:43 PM |
| London GB | 8 Nov | 4:22 PM–7:19 PM |
| Leicester GB | 8 Nov | 4:22 PM–7:20 PM |
| Birmingham GB | 8 Nov | 4:25 PM–7:24 PM |
| New York US | 8 Nov | 4:44 PM–7:30 PM |
| Edison US | 8 Nov | 4:46 PM–7:32 PM |
| Jersey City US | 8 Nov | 4:45 PM–7:31 PM |
| Chicago US | 8 Nov | 4:36 PM–7:23 PM |
| Houston US | 8 Nov | 5:30 PM–8:08 PM |
| Dallas US | 8 Nov | 5:30 PM–8:11 PM |
| San Francisco US | 8 Nov | 5:04 PM–7:48 PM |
| San Jose US | 8 Nov | 5:03 PM–7:46 PM |
| Los Angeles US | 8 Nov | 4:54 PM–7:35 PM |
| Atlanta US | 8 Nov | 5:39 PM–8:20 PM |
| Washington, DC US | 8 Nov | 5:00 PM–7:45 PM |
| Boston US | 8 Nov | 4:29 PM–7:17 PM |
| Seattle US | 8 Nov | 4:41 PM–7:34 PM |
| Toronto CA | 8 Nov | 4:59 PM–7:48 PM |
| Brampton CA | 8 Nov | 5:01 PM–7:50 PM |
| Vancouver CA | 8 Nov | 5:40 PM–8:34 PM |
| Sydney AU | 8 Nov | 7:29 PM–9:33 PM |
| Melbourne AU | 8 Nov | 8:02 PM–10:03 PM |
| Auckland NZ | 8 Nov | 8:01 PM–10:02 PM |
| Singapore SG | 8 Nov | 6:50 PM–9:14 PM |
| Kuala Lumpur MY | 8 Nov | 6:57 PM–9:21 PM |
| Dubai AE | 8 Nov | 5:34 PM–8:09 PM |
| Doha QA | 8 Nov | 4:49 PM–7:24 PM |
| Nairobi KE | 8 Nov | 6:21 PM–8:43 PM |
| Durban ZA | 8 Nov | 6:23 PM–8:30 PM |
| Port Louis MU | 8 Nov | 6:23 PM–8:35 PM |
