Diwali
Today
Why now
the new-moon night of Kartika — the darkest night of the year, so: lights
The story
On the darkest night of the year people light rows of lamps. The lamps welcome Rama home from exile, and honour the inner light that dispels darkness. It is a festival of homecoming and of beginning again.
Where this lives in the journey →
Computed for Mumbai (IST); traditions vary.