Festival Calendar

Meghalaya Tourism's Fire & Feast Festival brings Khasi, Garo and Jaintia smoked-food traditions to Hyderabad on Sunday, 15 November 2026, part of a 14-event tour.

Nagula Chavithi 2026 is on Friday, 13 November in India, as the Chavithi tithi runs from 6:09 pm on 12 November to 8:42 pm on 13 November, Drik Panchang says.

Ujjain's Akhil Bharatiya Kalidas Samaroh runs 21-27 November 2026 with a Rs 4.35 crore budget, up from Rs 3 crore, and a first inter-state dance contest.

TTD will perform the annual Pushpayagam at Tirumala on 16 November 2026 after Ankurarpanam on 15 November, cancelling Kalyanotsavam and two other sevas.

Ravi Pradosh Vrat falls on Sunday, 22 November 2026; Trayodashi runs 4:56 am to 2:36 am next day, so Sunday's Pradosh Kaal (about 5:25-8:06 pm, Delhi) decides it.

Varanasi plans more than 11 lakh lamps for Dev Deepawali on 24 November 2026, after the Ganga Mahotsav from 20 to 23 November, the UP CM's review showed.

Tulsi Vivah 2026 is on Saturday, 21 November: the Kartik Shukla Dwadashi starts minutes before sunrise and ends before the next, in India and abroad.

Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary launched Patna's water metro on 10 November 2026: a 50-seat, mainly electric catamaran from Digha Ghat at a Rs 50 adult fare.

Bamboo soop and daura for Chhath cost 20-25% more in Patna this year; a basic set now costs Rs 260 to Rs 475 before Nahay Khay on 13 November.

Utpanna Ekadashi 2026 falls on Friday, 4 December; Delhi's parana is 6.59-9.04 am on 5 December, and some places fast a day later.

Tribal Frames Manipur 2026, the National Tribal Film Festival, screens more than 28 tribal films in Imphal from 12 to 15 November.

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026 is on 20 November for Smarta households and 21 November for many Vaishnavas, as the tithi runs from 7.15 am on the 20th to 6.31 am.

Kalpathy Ratholsavam began with flag-hoisting on 8 November 2026; Palakkad's chariot days are 14 to 16 November, with the Devaratha Sangamam on the 16th.

West Bengal has made Chandannagar's Jagaddhatri Puja a state festival with an initial Rs 5 crore, and planning has begun for the mid-November 2026 celebrations.

US Representative Grace Meng has reintroduced the Diwali Day Act to make Diwali a federal holiday; 19 lawmakers back it, five of them Indian-American.

Pushkar Mela 2026 opens with flag-hoisting on 17 November; cultural events run to Kartik Purnima on 24 November, within a 10-26 November fair period.

The Great Indian Feast Trail brings 45+ chefs, tribal cooks and 400+ regional dishes to Jio World Centre, Mumbai, from 27 to 29 November 2026.

Chhath Puja 2026 runs 13-16 November, with Sandhya Arghya on 15 November, as India's UNESCO nomination for the festival awaits a decision.

Chitragupta Puja falls on Wednesday, 11 November 2026 in India, with a 1:10-3:20 pm afternoon window; Dubai and Berlin calendars list 10 November.

San Francisco City Hall held its first Diwali celebration on 4 November 2026, with Mayor Daniel Lurie, a lamp-lighting and a city proclamation, organised by Indiaspora.

Donald Trump lit a diya in the Oval Office on 6 November 2026 to mark Diwali, with Indian-American leaders and Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra present.

Trinidad marks Divali on 8 November 2026 under a law allowing permit-free fireworks only from 8 to 9 pm; the Divali Nagar closed on 7 November without fireworks.

FSSAI's 1 September-5 November 2026 drive seized about 3,280 tonnes of food worth Rs 82 crore, including paneer, ghee and sweets; 2,273 samples failed.

Gautam Buddh Nagar officials seized 6,425 kg of food worth Rs 70.83 lakh and destroyed 1,025 kg of sweets and khoya before Diwali on 8 November 2026.

Laxmi Pujan 2026 falls on Sunday, 8 November: Amavasya runs 11:27 am on 8 Nov to 12:31 pm on 9 Nov, and only the 8th has it in Pradosh Kaal.

Delhi's two-day Dilli Ki Diwali at Connaught Place's Central Park opened on 6 November 2026 with a drone show on Lord Ram's life; it ends on 7 November.

Govardhan Puja and Annakut fall on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, as Pratipada tithi begins only around midday on 9 November, a day after Diwali.

Tripura's 525-year-old Mata Tripura Sundari temple holds a three-day Deepotsav from 8 to 10 November 2026, with a Ganga Aarti and lakhs of devotees expected.

Governors of Idaho, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota and Washington hosted first-ever Diwali events, and 22 Washington cities lit lamps in council chambers, with more due on November 10.

Chowdiah Utsava 2026 runs 11-15 November at Bengaluru's Chowdiah Memorial Hall with Karnatik and Hindustani artists, free lobby concerts and a new student Sangeetha Mela.

Meghalaya's 50th Hundred Drums Wangala Festival, the Garo harvest celebration, runs November 11-14, 2026, at Chibragre near Tura with about 1,000 drums.

Maharashtra's FDA seized 3,098 tonnes of food worth Rs 63.45 crore and suspended 954 licences from 1 September to 3 November 2026, figures released on 5 November show.

The 14th Brahmotsavams at Vadapalli's Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, Konaseema Tirumala, end on 6 November 2026 with Chakrasnanam at the Godavari.

IRCTC's Bharat Gaurav train leaves Indore on 28 November 2026 for a 12-day South India pilgrimage, with fares from Rs 21,750 per person.

Delhi's Food Safety Department destroyed about 7,000 kg of khoya at Mori Gate on 3 November 2026 after 35 of 44 samples failed on-the-spot tests before Diwali.

Haryana's FDA destroyed nearly 50,000 kg of adulterated sweets and fake paneer; 170 of 861 samples tested failed, and failed vendors are being named online (2-3 November 2026).

Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla opened the first North East Waree Leeba Festival in Imphal West on 2 November 2026, a five-day showcase of the Meitei solo storytelling art.

Rama Ekadashi 2026 falls on Thursday, 5 November: the tithi starts at 11:03 am on 4 November but is present at sunrise on the 5th. Parana is on 6 November.

Mexico City held its 10th Day of the Dead parade on 31 October 2026, a tradition first staged in 2016 after the James Bond film Spectre; officials expected over half a million visitors.

The Supreme Court on November 2, 2026 allowed green crackers in Delhi-NCR on November 7 and 8, from 6-7 am and 8-10 pm, with the full ban back from November 9.

Cuttack began auctioning 2,044 stall plots for Bali Jatra on November 2, 2026; the maritime heritage fair runs from November 24 to December 1 on both grounds.

TTD will hold the Deepavali Asthanam at Tirumala's Srivari temple from 7 am to 9 am on November 8, 2026, and has cancelled arjitha sevas such as Kalyanotsavam that day.

Rajasthan officials seized 22,138 litres of suspected adulterated ghee worth about Rs 1.60 crore in Sri Ganganagar, reported on 1 November 2026; three were arrested.

Food safety teams destroyed 5,319 kg of suspected unsafe paneer in raids on six dairies in Haryana's Nuh district, reported on November 1, 2026, a week before Diwali.

International Gita Mahotsav 2026 will run in Kurukshetra from December 5 to 25, with Gita Jayanti on December 20 and first-time exhibits by the Air Force, Navy and ISRO.

Dubai's Global Village and Abu Dhabi's BAPS Hindu Mandir will mark Diwali 2026 from November 6 to 10, with a 600-drone show in Dubai on November 8.

Guru Nanak Jayanti 2026, the 557th Prakash Purab, falls on Tuesday, 24 November, as the Kartik Purnima tithi is present at sunrise that day.

At Haryana's 60th statehood celebrations in Kurukshetra on November 1, 2026, President Droupadi Murmu praised women's empowerment and called for sex ratio parity.

Keralam marks its 70th formation day on November 1, 2026, the first since its new name took effect, with the CM opening the Festival of Kerala.

UP's food safety department seized or destroyed 7,660 kg of food and took 303 samples from 260 shops in 38 districts in a pre-Diwali drive reported October 30, 2026.

Rann Utsav's 2026-27 season at Dhordo in Kutch runs from 1 November 2026 to 7 March 2027 and adds 35 seasonal tents near the Harappan site of Dholavira.

PM Narendra Modi opened Bharat Parv 2026 at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat, on 30 October 2026, a festival of folk arts, crafts and regional food that runs until 15 November.

The Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela formally begins on 31 October 2026 with flag hoisting at Ramkund and Kushavarta; it runs to 24 July 2028.

Kurukshetra University's Ratnavali Haryanvi folk festival now runs November 1-4, 2026; President Murmu will open it on Haryana's 60th foundation day.

Most panchangs place Kalabhairav Jayanti 2026 on Tuesday, December 1, with Krishna Ashtami running through that day; north and south Indian calendars name the month differently.

Ahead of the 27th Hornbill Festival from December 1 to 10, 2026, Nagaland is pressing the Centre to scrap the Protected Area Permit and readying tribal morungs at Kisama.

Delhi's Food Safety Department seized about 949 litres of substandard ghee in three markets on October 28, 2026; CM Rekha Gupta promised more staff and technology.

Bihar's Harihar Kshetra Sonepur Mela will run from November 22 to December 23, 2026; Saran's DM has formed 14 cells and a book fair is set for December 17-23.

Govatsa Dwadashi, called Vasu Baras and Vagh Baras, falls on Thursday, November 5, 2026, a day before Dhanteras, as Dwadashi begins mid-morning.

Maharashtra's FDA says its pre-Diwali drive seized about Rs 12.74 crore of food, gutkha and expired stock and acted against 68 licences (October 2026).