12 November 2023
Kept on the day its tithi runs at dusk (pradosh).
- Tithi
- Krishna Chaturdashi · until 14:45then Krishna Amavasya from 14:45, the tithi this festival keeps
- Nakshatra
- Swati
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 06:12 – 17:11
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:20 – 12:03
Festival · 2023
Deepavali 2023
Falls on 12 November 2023 in Varanasi, as computed from the real sky for that city.
The portal of Festivals
Today's three riddles
Turn a card. Answer all three rightly and this portal is sealed in your sky. New riddles every morning.
The day, for Varanasi
The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.
What the day is
The darkest night of the year, and the tradition's answer to it is not to wait for light but to make it. A row of lamps against an amavasya.
One act for the day
Light a lamp for someone who is sitting in the dark. Not metaphorically — find the person and do something.