Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) 2026 in USA

The date in USA

Sunday, 8 November 2026

Same as India this year (Sunday, 8 November 2026).

City by city

CityDateObservance time
Edison, New Jersey8 November 202617:10
Jersey City, New Jersey8 November 202617:08
New York, New York8 November 202617:08
Chicago, Illinois8 November 202617:00
Naperville, Illinois8 November 202617:02
Dallas, Texas8 November 202617:54
Irving, Texas8 November 202617:54
Plano, Texas8 November 202617:53
Houston, Texas8 November 202617:53
Sugar Land, Texas8 November 202617:54
Austin, Texas8 November 202618:02
Atlanta, Georgia8 November 202618:02
Alpharetta, Georgia8 November 202618:02
San Jose, California8 November 202617:26
Fremont, California8 November 202617:26
Sunnyvale, California8 November 202617:26
Santa Clara, California8 November 202617:26
Irvine, California8 November 202617:16
Los Angeles, California8 November 202617:17
San Diego, California8 November 202617:15
Sacramento, California8 November 202617:22
Seattle, Washington8 November 202617:05
Bellevue, Washington8 November 202617:04
Redmond, Washington8 November 202617:04
Boston, Massachusetts8 November 202616:53
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania8 November 202617:14
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania8 November 202617:32
Washington, D.C.8 November 202617:24
Ashburn, Virginia8 November 202617:25
Herndon, Virginia8 November 202617:25
Detroit, Michigan8 November 202617:41
Troy, Michigan8 November 202617:40
Charlotte, North Carolina8 November 202617:46
Cary, North Carolina8 November 202617:36
Raleigh, North Carolina8 November 202617:36
Phoenix, Arizona8 November 202617:54
Denver, Colorado8 November 202617:14
Columbus, Ohio8 November 202617:45
Omaha, Nebraska8 November 202617:34
Minneapolis, Minnesota8 November 202617:15
Orlando, Florida8 November 202617:59
Tampa, Florida8 November 202618:04
Miami, Florida8 November 202617:58
St. Louis, Missouri8 November 202617:17
Indianapolis, Indiana8 November 202617:58

Times are local to each city, computed from its own coordinates and real UTC offset for that date — so daylight saving is already accounted for.

Lakshmi Puja is performed in the pradosh twilight after sunset.

Why the date can differ from India

A tithi is a 12° step of the Moon's elongation from the Sun. It begins and ends at a single instant everywhere on Earth. What changes by location is whether the moment the rule points at — sunrise, sunset or moonrise — falls inside that window on a given local date. That is why the shift runs opposite to the timezone: places west of India can observe a day earlier, places east a day later.

Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) elsewhere:

CanadaUKAustraliaUAESingaporeMalaysiaGermanySouth AfricaNew Zealand

Other festivals in USA:

Karva ChauthDhanterasNavratri (first day)Dussehra (Vijayadashami)Krishna JanmashtamiGanesh ChaturthiMaha ShivaratriHoli (Purnima)

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