Live countdown to the next listed Diwali/Lakshmi Puja date.
Diwali is linked to the Hindu lunisolar calendar rather than a fixed Gregorian date, so it moves through October and November from year to year.
Yes. Calendar convention, local timing and community tradition can affect the civil date used for observance. Confirm the date used by your temple, family or event organiser.
This page counts down to a preloaded civil date for the main Diwali/Lakshmi Puja observance. For 2026 the listed date is Sunday, 8 November. Later dates have also been corrected to the Brisbane/Australia calculations used by the reference calendar rather than simply repeating an approximate annual interval. That matters because a lunisolar festival cannot be generated reliably by adding a fixed number of days.
The countdown can help a family see when to start travel arrangements, a community group judge how much time remains to book a venue, or a business schedule stock, decorations and campaign material before the festival period. If an organiser needs invitations sent 30 days before the event, use the Date Calculator to work backwards from the confirmed local observance date.
Diwali is celebrated across several days and by different religious and cultural communities, including Hindu, Jain and Sikh traditions. Practices, names and significant days are not identical everywhere. A simple countdown is therefore best used as a planning anchor, not as a replacement for a community calendar or religious authority.
Lunisolar dates can cross civil-day boundaries differently in different locations because relevant lunar-day timings are local. Before booking flights, publishing an event date or setting an official closure, verify the date for your location. The page deliberately says “next listed Diwali date” rather than pretending one browser calculation can settle every tradition worldwide.
The Australian dates in the tool are aligned to the Brisbane festival calendar published by Drik Panchang. The current list covers 2026 through 2033. When the list runs out, the tool reports that the date is unavailable rather than inventing a future date.