దీపావళిDeepavali

The festival

Deepavali, the festival of lights, falls on the Amavasya ending Ashwayuja. Naraka Chaturdashi's oil bath, rows of diyas against the dark, Lakshmi Puja and the joy of new clothes and sweets: it is the most luminous night of the year.

At Kāmya

Light a diya, support a cow: Kāmya's cow-dung diyas turn gaushala resources into lamps, and lamps into fodder. Gifting them lights two homes at once, yours and the herd's.

Date computed by Tithi at sunrise (Krishna paksha, Amanta reckoning). Regional almanacs can differ by a day; confirm observances with your Purohit.