Diwali 2021: All You Need to Know About This Auspicious Festival

Today is the biggest festival of the year, and it is high time to please Goddess Laxmi, Lord Ganesha, and Kubera, the lord of wealth. According to the Puranas, the new moon night of Kartik month is the time when Goddess Lakshmi alights on the earth and blesses devotees of happiness, money, and prosperity. According to the Hindu calendar, we celebrate Diwali in the month of Kartik and on the new moon day. This year, Diwali will be celebrated on 4th November 2021, Thursday. Read more on the auspicious time of Diwali 2021 puja and the best muhurat to start Diwali rituals with unique mantras.

Diwali Shubh Muhurta

• Diwali – 4 November 2021, Thursday
• Amavasya beginning date – 4 November 2021 from 06:03 am
• Amavasya end date – 5 November 2021 till 02:44 am
• Diwali Lakshmi Puja Muhurta – 6:09 pm to 8:20 pm
• Duration – 1 hour 55 minutes

Details of Choghadiya Muhurta

• Auspicious Choghadiya – 6.36 am to 07.58 am
• Char Choghadiya – 10.42 am to 12.04 am
• Choghadiya of profit – 12:04 am to 1:26 am
• Amrit’s Choghadiya (Shubh) – 1:26 am to 2.48 am and 4:10 pm to 5:32 pm
• Choghadiya of Amrit (Night) – 5:32 to 7:11
• Choghadiya of Char – 7:11 to 8:49

5-day long festival of Diwali 2021

November 2, 2021 – Dhanteras (Welcoming Lord Kubera)
November 3, 2021 – Choti diwali (A day before the biggest festival of the year)
November 4, 2021 – Diwali (The festival of lights + Naraka Chaturdashi)
November 5, 2021 – Govardhan puja (Dedicated to Lord Krishna)
November 6, 2021 – Bhai dooj (Bonding of siblings)