Major festival · 2027
Dhanteras 2027 — date across the world
धनतेरस
India · Wednesday27 October 2027
Dhanteras opens the Diwali sequence on the Trayodashi of Krishna Paksha in Kartika, honouring Dhanvantari and Lakshmi; buying metal and lighting the first lamp are customary.
| City | Country | Date | Weekday | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Ahmedabad | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Amritsar | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Ayodhya | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Bengaluru | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Bhopal | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Chandigarh | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Chennai | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Coimbatore | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Dwarka | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Gurugram | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Guwahati | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Haridwar | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Hyderabad | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Indore | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Jaipur | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Kanpur | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Kochi | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Kolkata | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Lucknow | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Madurai | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Mathura | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Mumbai | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Nagpur | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Nashik | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Noida | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Patna | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Prayagraj | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Pune | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Puri | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Rameswaram | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Rishikesh | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Shirdi | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Surat | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Tirupati | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Ujjain | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Vadodara | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Varanasi | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Vijayawada | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Visakhapatnam | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Vrindavan | India | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Atlanta | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Austin | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Bellevue | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Boston | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Brampton | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Calgary | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Cary | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Charlotte | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Chicago | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Columbus | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Dallas | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Denver | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Detroit | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Edison | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Edmonton | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Fremont | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Honolulu | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Houston | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Irvine | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Jersey City | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Kansas City | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Las Vegas | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Los Angeles | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Miami | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Minneapolis | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Mississauga | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Montreal | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Nashville | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| New York | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Orlando | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Ottawa | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Philadelphia | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Phoenix | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Pittsburgh | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Portland | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Raleigh | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Sacramento | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| San Diego | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| San Francisco | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| San Jose | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Seattle | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| St. Louis | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Surrey | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Tampa | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Toronto | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Troy | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Vancouver | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Washington | USA | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Winnipeg | Canada | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Barcelona | Spain | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Berlin | Germany | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Birmingham | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Bradford | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Brussels | Belgium | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Coventry | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Dublin | Ireland | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Frankfurt | Germany | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Geneva | Switzerland | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Hamburg | Germany | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Harrow | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Leicester | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Lisbon | Portugal | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| London | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Madrid | Spain | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Milan | Italy | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Munich | Germany | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Nottingham | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Oslo | Norway | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Paris | France | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Rome | Italy | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Slough | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Stockholm | Sweden | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| The Hague | Netherlands | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Vienna | Austria | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Zurich | Switzerland | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Ajman | United Arab Emirates | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Dammam | Saudi Arabia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Doha | Qatar | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Manama | Bahrain | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Muscat | Oman | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Ras Al Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Cape Town | South Africa | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Durban | South Africa | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Kampala | Uganda | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Lusaka | Zambia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Mombasa | Kenya | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Nairobi | Kenya | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Port Louis | Mauritius | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Pretoria | South Africa | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Bangkok | Thailand | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Denpasar | Indonesia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| George Town | Malaysia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Hong Kong | China | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Jaffna | Sri Lanka | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Johor Bahru | Malaysia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Kandy | Sri Lanka | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Kathmandu | Nepal | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Klang | Malaysia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Singapore | Singapore | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Adelaide | Australia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Auckland | New Zealand | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Brisbane | Australia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Canberra | Australia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Christchurch | New Zealand | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Darwin | Australia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Gold Coast | Australia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Melbourne | Australia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Nadi | Fiji | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Perth | Australia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Suva | Fiji | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Sydney | Australia | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Wellington | New Zealand | Wednesday | Provisional | |
| Chaguanas | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Georgetown | Guyana | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Paramaribo | Suriname | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
| San Fernando | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Tuesday | Provisional |
✦ marks a city whose observed date differs from India because of its timezone.
Frequently asked
When is Dhanteras 2027?
In India (New Delhi), Dhanteras 2027 is Wednesday, 27 October 2027. In the diaspora the date can shift by a day depending on timezone — the table lists each city.
Does Dhanteras fall on the same day everywhere?
Not always. Because tithis are tied to the moon, not to midnight, Dhanteras can land on a different calendar day outside India. Each city's date is computed separately.
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