The festival of lights is starting with Dhanteras on Tuesday, 29 October. This year the festival of lights will last for 6 days instead of 5, because Kartik Amavasya will last for two days on 31st October and 1st November. Lakshmi Puja will be celebrated on the night of 31st, Amavasya of Snan-Daan on 1st November, Govardhan Puja on 2nd and Bhai Dooj on 3rd.
This time there are differences in the calendar regarding the date of Diwali. To resolve these differences, astrologers and religious scholars have held several meetings at different places across the country. After these meetings, most of the astrologers have said that it is more auspicious to celebrate Diwali on 31st October.
The Astronomy Centre, Kolkata, which prepares the country's national almanac, has fixed Diwali as October 31 in its calendar. The date of Diwali has been mentioned as October 31 in the calendars of the Government of India including MP, UP, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh. Considering all these arguments, Lakshmi Puja will be performed on the night of 31st October in most parts of the country. Some people will celebrate this festival on 1 November.
Diwali on 31st in Dwarka-Tirupati and on 1st November in Ayodhya-Rameshwaram.
Diwali will be celebrated on 31st October in Kashi, Ujjain, Mathura-Vrindavan, Nathdwara, Dwarka, Tirupati temples. At the same time, it will be celebrated on November 1 in Ayodhya, Rameshwaram, ISKCON and all the temples of Nimbarka sect. Dainik Global News Daily spoke to the head of the astrology department of Akhil Bharatiya Vidvat Parishad, Kashi Vidvat Parishad and Central Sanskrit University across the country. Astrologers have different arguments on both the dates.
Make Rangoli outside the house in the month of Kartik: Sprinkle Ganga water in the house in the morning and light a lamp near Tulsi in the evening, know the special things of the month of Kartik.
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