Diwali also known as Deepavali and the "festival of lights", is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year. The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair. The festival preparations and rituals typically extend over a five day period, but the main festival night of Diwali coincides with the darkest, new moon night of the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika. In the Gregorian calendar, Diwali night falls between mid-October and mid-November


Diwali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore and Fiji.



This is how people wish each other Happy Diwali in different Languages:

"Shubha Deepawali" शुभ दीपावली: Greeting in Nepali, Hindi and Sanskrit.

"Shubh Diwali" / Diwali ki Shubhkamnayein (दीवाली की शुभकामनाएं): Greeting in Hindi

Diwali Mubarak (દીવાળી મુબારક): Greeting in Gujarati

Shubh Diwali / Diwalichya hardik Shubhechha (शुभ दीवाली / दीवाळीच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा ): Greeting in Marathi

Deepavali Nalvazhthukkal (தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்) :Greeting in Tamil

Deepavali Shubhakankshalu (దీపావళి శుభాకా౦క్షలు) :Greeting in Telugu

Deepavali Aashamsagal ( ദീപാവലി ആശംസകൾ): Greeting in Malayalam.

Deepavali Habbada Shubhashayagalu (ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು): Greeting in Kannada

Diwalechi Parbi,दिवाळेची परबी in Goan dialects of Konkani,diwaliche shubhashayu दिवाळिचे शुभाशयु,in dialects of Konkani in Karnataka and Kerala

Tuhanu diwali diyan boht boht vadhaiyan (ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਦਿਵਾਲੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ ਹੋਣ ): Greeting in Punjabi

Subho Deepabalir Preeti O Subechsha (শুভ দীপাবলীর প্রীতি ও শুভেচ্ছা) :Greeting in Bengali

Deepavalira Anek Shubhechha (ଦୀପାବଳିର ଅନେକ ଶୁଭେଛା) :Greeting in Oriya

"Happy Deepavali!" :Greeting in English