Diwali 2026 Muhurta: Lakshmi Puja Time on 8 November, Dhanteras to Bhai Dooj | Vedic Astrology
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Diwali 2026, read calmly: Lakshmi Puja is on Sunday 8 November 2026. The five days from Dhanteras (Fri 6 Nov) to Bhai Dooj (Wed 11 Nov), why Lakshmi Puja falls on the 8th (Amavasya from 11:28 IST prevails through the evening; it ends at 12:32 on the 9th), the evening windows many family almanacs look for (sunset, Rahu kaal, the fixed sign Taurus rising, choghadiya) for New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai, and the sky this Diwali (Venus and Mercury retrograde, Venus into Virgo on 6 Nov, the Moon in Swati on Diwali night).
New Delhi, Sun 8 Nov (IST): sunset 17:31 · Rahu kaal 16:09–17:31 · Taurus rising ≈ 17:55–19:51 · choghadiya Shubh 17:31–19:09, Amrit 19:09–20:48 · Leo rising ≈ 00:25–02:42.
Taurus rising on 8 Nov: Mumbai ≈ 18:28–20:28 · Kolkata ≈ 17:21–19:19 · Bengaluru ≈ 18:18–20:20 · Chennai ≈ 18:07–20:10. Dhanteras, New Delhi: Taurus ≈ 18:03–19:58.
All times computed with the Sunyra engine (astronomy-engine, Lahiri ayanamsa), rounded to the minute. Families and regions follow different almanacs and local sunrise, so a time can differ by a few minutes and a date by a day where you live: your family's own panchang comes first.
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Mercury + Venus double retrograde: https://sunyra.ai/transits/venus-mercury-double-retrograde-2026/
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Chapters
0:00 Diwali 2026, read calmly
0:44 The five days
1:23 Why the eighth
2:01 The evening windows
3:25 The sky this Diwali
4:20 Your city, your almanac
5:08 Recap
Image credits (public domain and Creative Commons, used under their licences; cards and diagrams are original)
- Pinakpani · CC BY-SA 4.0 · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diwali_lamps_in_India_03.jpg
- Pinakpani · CC BY-SA 4.0 · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diwali_lamps_in_India_05.jpg
- siddarth varanasi · CC BY 2.0 · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diya_set_in_a_rangoli.jpg
- Arnav · CC BY-SA 4.0 · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diwali_Celebration_03.jpg
- Raja Ravi Varma · Public domain · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lakshmi,_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma,_1930s,_edit.jpg
- Praful Kharade · CC BY-SA 4.0 · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diwali_Diyas.jpg
- zoxcleb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercury_%26_Venus_Conjunction_(16267036691).jpg
- Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0 · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20191218_Jantar_Mantar,_Jaipur_0906_8983_DxO.jpg
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