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When Naraka Chaturdashi puja is performed in 2026, and why the timing window matters. We explain the basis for the timings and tell you where to check your local muhurat rather than publishing a number we cannot verify.
Naraka Chaturdashi 2026: 7 November 20261 dayनरक चतुर्दशी
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Naraka Chaturdashi follows Chaturdashi (14th tithi) of Krishna Paksha in Kartik, the day before Diwali. The ritual window is set by the tithi and by the position of the moon relative to the lagna for your location — which is why the same festival has a slightly different puja window in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai even though the civil date is the same.
Because of that, we do not publish city-by-city muhurat minutes. Getting a muhurat wrong is a genuinely harmful error — people plan their day, their travel and their leave around it — and we cannot verify every city against a reliable panchang. A number we cannot stand behind is worse than telling you where to look.
For the exact window in your city, check a location-specific panchang or your family’s usual almanac. What we can tell you reliably is the date, the day of the week, whether it is a multi-day observance, and where the date itself differs between regions — all of which is below.
Counting down to Naraka Chaturdashi 2026
Your local time · Saturday 7 November 2026
Naraka Chaturdashi or Choti Diwali falls on Saturday 7 November 2026, the day before Diwali on 8 November.
Choti Diwali is Naraka Chaturdashi, the day before the main Diwali. It commemorates Krishna's defeat of Narakasura and is centred on a pre-dawn ritual bath, while Diwali itself is centred on evening Lakshmi Puja and lighting the house.
The bath is taken before sunrise because Krishna is said to have returned from killing Narakasura in the early hours. In the belief, sesame oil applied that morning removes the year's accumulated impurities.
Bhoot Chaturdashi is the Bengali observance on the same night as Naraka Chaturdashi, when fourteen diyas are lit to welcome ancestors. In some accounts it is to keep away wandering spirits, in others to guide ancestors home — the two readings coexist.
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