SikkuDiwali 2026
Five days of light
Diwali 2026 begins on Friday 6 November and ends on Wednesday 11 November, with the main Lakshmi Puja on the new-moon night of Sunday 8 November. Here is the week at a glance, the many names for doorstep art, and a quiz to test yourself.
The five days
Many names, one threshold
The art people call rangoli has a different name, material and style almost everywhere in India. Sikku kolams, the one-line kind in our puzzles, come from the Tamil tradition.
Fast facts
The Diwali quiz
Ten questions drawn at random from 27: the five days, the faiths that celebrate, record-breaking lamps and the maths of kolam. Each right answer lights a diya.
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