Diwali countdown to Lakshmi Puja day
A diwali countdown targets the start of Lakshmi Puja day. The civil date changes every year, so the page uses a checked list instead of guessing.
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Lakshmi Puja day, not a guessed date
Diwali follows a lunar calendar. Lakshmi Puja, the night most households treat as the main celebration, lands on a different civil date each year, and the date is published in a panchang rather than by a simple rule in a browser. This countdown targets midnight at the start of that day in the time zone you choose, once the date has been entered and checked. A year that is still a placeholder, or a year that is not in the list, does not invent a day. The screen stays on the empty panel and says the date is not yet published. That is deliberate. A wrong date on a shared desk is worse than a blank one. When the date is in the list, the title includes the year and the blocks count down to 00:00. After that midnight the page looks for the next listed year. If the next year is missing, it returns to the note instead of rolling forward to a guess.
FAQ
Why is there no date for some years?
The list is filled from a panchang and then checked, not generated. Until that work is done for a year, the page says the date is not yet published and offers the other quick picks. It will not count toward a day nobody has verified. Check back when the year has been added, or set a custom target if you already trust a source.
Does it count down to the puja hour or to the day?
To midnight at the start of Lakshmi Puja day, in the time zone on the page. The puja itself is in the evening, and the exact hour depends on the panchang for your city. Use a custom target on the main countdown if you want that evening hour instead of the start of the date.
Which time zone should a family share?
The zone where the celebration happens, not the zone of whoever sends the link. Set it before you copy the link. Local follows the device that opens the page, so two cities will not agree unless the link names one zone. The line under the blocks shows the abbreviation for that zone.