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Showing posts tagged #naraka chaturdashi 2026 (clear)
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Diwali 2026: Why the Five-Day Festival Runs Four Days, Not Five
Naraka Chaturdashi and Lakshmi Puja both fall on Sunday 8 November 2026, one date carrying two rituals while another date in the same week carries none. Neither is a calendar error. Here is the mechanism, called tithi kshaya, and what to actually do on 8 November, morning and evening.
Vidhata Editorial Desk9 Sept 2026 · 9 min - 🪔
Festivals
Naraka Chaturdashi 2026: The Pre-Dawn Bath, and Why It Shares a Date With Diwali
Naraka Chaturdashi 2026 is Sunday 8 November, the same date the calendar gives Diwali, and both are right. The tithi arithmetic that explains it, computed sunrise and Brahma muhurat for sixteen cities for the abhyanga snan, the Deepavali the South actually keeps, and which telling of the Narakasura story belongs to which text.
Vidhata Editorial Desk4 Aug 2026 · 10 min
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