Major festival · 2026
Naraka Chaturdashi (Chhoti Diwali) 2026 — date across the world
नरक चतुर्दशी
India · Sunday8 November 2026
Naraka Chaturdashi (Chhoti Diwali) recalls Krishna's slaying of Narakasura; an oil bath before dawn (abhyanga snana) is the day's signature observance.
| City | Country | Date | Weekday | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Ahmedabad | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Amritsar | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Ayodhya | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Bengaluru | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Bhopal | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Chandigarh | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Chennai | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Coimbatore | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Dwarka | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Gurugram | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Guwahati | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Haridwar | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Hyderabad | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Indore | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Jaipur | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Kanpur | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Kochi | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Kolkata | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Lucknow | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Madurai | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Mathura | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Mumbai | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Nagpur | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Nashik | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Noida | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Patna | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Prayagraj | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Pune | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Puri | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Rameswaram | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Rishikesh | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Shirdi | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Surat | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Tirupati | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Ujjain | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Vadodara | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Varanasi | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Vijayawada | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Visakhapatnam | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Vrindavan | India | Sunday | Verified | |
| Atlanta | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Austin | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Bellevue | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Boston | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Brampton | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Calgary | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Cary | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Charlotte | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Chicago | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Columbus | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Dallas | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Denver | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Detroit | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Edison | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Edmonton | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Fremont | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Honolulu | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Houston | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Irvine | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Jersey City | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Kansas City | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Las Vegas | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Los Angeles | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Miami | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Minneapolis | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Mississauga | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Montreal | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Nashville | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| New York | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Orlando | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Ottawa | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Philadelphia | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Phoenix | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Pittsburgh | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Portland | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Raleigh | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Sacramento | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| San Diego | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| San Francisco | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| San Jose | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Seattle | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| St. Louis | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Surrey | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Tampa | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Toronto | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Troy | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Vancouver | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Washington | USA | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Winnipeg | Canada | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Barcelona | Spain | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Berlin | Germany | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Birmingham | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Bradford | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Brussels | Belgium | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Coventry | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Dublin | Ireland | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Frankfurt | Germany | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Geneva | Switzerland | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Hamburg | Germany | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Harrow | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Leicester | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Lisbon | Portugal | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| London | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Madrid | Spain | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Milan | Italy | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Munich | Germany | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Nottingham | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Oslo | Norway | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Paris | France | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Rome | Italy | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Slough | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Stockholm | Sweden | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| The Hague | Netherlands | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Vienna | Austria | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Zurich | Switzerland | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Sunday | Verified | |
| Ajman | United Arab Emirates | Sunday | Verified | |
| Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | Sunday | Verified | |
| Dammam | Saudi Arabia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Doha | Qatar | Sunday | Verified | |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Sunday | Verified | |
| Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | Sunday | Verified | |
| Manama | Bahrain | Sunday | Verified | |
| Muscat | Oman | Sunday | Verified | |
| Ras Al Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | Sunday | Verified | |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Sunday | Verified | |
| Cape Town | South Africa | Sunday | Verified | |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Sunday | Verified | |
| Durban | South Africa | Sunday | Verified | |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | Sunday | Verified | |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | Sunday | Verified | |
| Kampala | Uganda | Sunday | Verified | |
| Lusaka | Zambia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Mombasa | Kenya | Sunday | Verified | |
| Nairobi | Kenya | Sunday | Verified | |
| Port Louis | Mauritius | Sunday | Verified | |
| Pretoria | South Africa | Sunday | Verified | |
| Bangkok | Thailand | Sunday | Verified | |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | Sunday | Verified | |
| Denpasar | Indonesia | Sunday | Verified | |
| George Town | Malaysia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Hong Kong | China | Sunday | Verified | |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Jaffna | Sri Lanka | Sunday | Verified | |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Johor Bahru | Malaysia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Kandy | Sri Lanka | Sunday | Verified | |
| Kathmandu | Nepal | Sunday | Verified | |
| Klang | Malaysia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Singapore | Singapore | Sunday | Verified | |
| Adelaide | Australia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Auckland | New Zealand | Sunday | Verified | |
| Brisbane | Australia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Canberra | Australia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Christchurch | New Zealand | Sunday | Verified | |
| Darwin | Australia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Gold Coast | Australia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Melbourne | Australia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Nadi | Fiji | Sunday | Verified | |
| Perth | Australia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Suva | Fiji | Sunday | Verified | |
| Sydney | Australia | Sunday | Verified | |
| Wellington | New Zealand | Sunday | Verified | |
| Chaguanas | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Georgetown | Guyana | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Paramaribo | Suriname | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
| San Fernando | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Saturday | Verified |
✦ marks a city whose observed date differs from India because of its timezone.
Frequently asked
When is Naraka Chaturdashi (Chhoti Diwali) 2026?
In India (New Delhi), Naraka Chaturdashi (Chhoti Diwali) 2026 is Sunday, 8 November 2026. In the diaspora the date can shift by a day depending on timezone — the table lists each city.
Does Naraka Chaturdashi (Chhoti Diwali) fall on the same day everywhere?
Not always. Because tithis are tied to the moon, not to midnight, Naraka Chaturdashi (Chhoti Diwali) can land on a different calendar day outside India. Each city's date is computed separately.
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