Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday, November 8, 2026 â a Sunday. As of today that is 16 days, or 2 weeks and 2 days. The table below lists every "weeks to go" milestone between now and the date, so you can work backwards from the day itself instead of counting forward from today.
Week-by-week countdown to Diwali 2026
Weeks to go
Starts on
2
Sun 25 Oct 2026
1
Sun 01 Nov 2026
Why the week count moves the way it does
Weeks are the unit people actually plan in. Deadlines, notice periods and rotas run in weeks, which is why a week count tends to be more useful than a raw day count once you are more than a fortnight out. Note that the two figures answer slightly different questions: "how many weeks" is full weeks only, while "weeks and days" keeps the remainder.
About Diwali 2026
Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The five-day festival of lights, celebrated by over a billion Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists: lamps, sweets, fireworks and the victory of light over darkness.
The live counter above ticks down to the day in your time zone.