31 October 2024
Kept on the day its tithi runs at dusk (pradosh).
- Tithi
- Krishna Chaturdashi · until 10:23then Krishna Amavasya from 10:23, the tithi this festival keeps
- Nakshatra
- Chitra
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 06:53 – 16:34
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:24 – 12:03
Festival · 2024
Deepavali 2024
Falls on 31 October 2024 in London, 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 London
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.