Karthika Pournami 2026 Date: Tuesday, 24 November

Karthika Pournami (Deepotsavam) in 2026 falls on Tuesday 24 November 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). Sukla Pournami: 23 Nov 11:42 PM – 24 Nov 8:23 PM IST. In the USA: Tuesday 24 November 2026; tithi Mon 23 Nov 1:12 PM – Tue 24 Nov 9:53 AM EST (10:12 AM – 6:53 AM PST). In the UK: Tuesday 24 November 2026. Also called Karthika Purnima, Kartik Purnima, Deepotsavam.

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Karthika Pournami (also spelled Kartika Pournami or Kartik Purnima) is the night of lamps at every Siva temple: the 365-wick lamp (Jwala Toranam at Srisailam, the Deepotsavam on the Godavari ghats at Rajahmundry), lamps floated on rivers and tanks, and the Karthika masa vows are completed. It is Tripurari Pournami and Dev Deepavali elsewhere; Guru Nanak Jayanti is the same full moon.

Tithi timing

Sukla Pournami begins 23 November 2026 at 11:42 PM IST and ends 24 November 2026 at 8:23 PM IST.

Timings by city: India, USA, UK, Canada, Australia

Every time is computed for the city's own coordinates and time zone (daylight saving applied); nothing is converted from IST. The last column is the part of the day the rule judges, sunrise; the date is the day the tithi covers it. It is the window the tradition names for the observance, not a separately chosen muhurtham; we do not print other muhurthams because we have not verified them.

How the date is decided

Kartika pournami at sunrise; Jwala Toranam and 365-wick lamps at dusk.

Date by city

Different date in 17 of 215 cities: San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Fremont, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Pleasanton, Sacramento, Folsom, Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond and 5 more — the tithi is judged against each city's own sunrise and local time (daylight saving included), so the day can shift for cities far from India.

Local timings in Indian cities: Hyderabad · Vijayawada · Visakhapatnam · Tirupati · Guntur · Warangal · Bengaluru · Chennai

FAQ

Stotras commonly recited

Full text in Telugu: Lingashtakam · Shiva Panchakshara Stotram · all stotras

Coming up next

• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Bali Padyami (Govardhan Puja)
• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Karthika Masam begins
• Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya)
• Friday 13 November 2026 – Nagula Chavithi
• Monday 16 November 2026 – Karthika Somavaram
• Saturday 21 November 2026 – Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi)

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• Bali Padyami (Govardhan Puja) – Tuesday 10 November 2026
• Kartika Masam begins – Tuesday 10 November 2026
• Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya) – Wednesday 11 November 2026
• Nagula Chavithi – Friday 13 November 2026
• Karthika Somavaram – Monday 16 November 2026
• Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi) – Saturday 21 November 2026
• Margashira Masam begins – Wednesday 9 December 2026
• Margashira Lakshmivaram – Thursday 10 December 2026

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