Kartika Purnima
Today
Why now
the full moon of Kartika — the month's brightest night
The story
The full moon, Purnima, lights the middle of each lunar month; Kartika's is kept with lamps set afloat on rivers. (By the amanta reckoning it precedes Diwali's new moon; some regions keep Kartika Purnima a fortnight after — traditions vary.)
Computed for Mumbai (IST); traditions vary.