Festivals · Jharkhand
Naraka Chaturdashi abhyanga snan time 2026 in Jamshedpur
- Date
- Sunday, 8 November 2026
- Tithi
- Krishna Chaturdashi
- Krishna Chaturdashi tithi (the same across India)
- 7 Nov 10:48 am – 8 Nov 11:28 am
- Abhyanga snan (before dawn)
- 4:17 am – 5:53 am
Kept on the day Krishna Chaturdashi holds at the hours before dawn in Jamshedpur.
Computed by Astrovarg's engine for Jamshedpur (Asia/Kolkata), Lahiri ayanamsha, from the sunrise there.
About
Naraka Chaturdashi is the Chaturdashi of the waning moon in Kartika, as calendars in the north name the month, just before Diwali's Lakshmi Puja. Its central rite is an oil bath before sunrise (abhyanga snan). In the north it is also called Chhoti Diwali or Roop Chaudas; in much of the south its morning is the main Deepavali. It is kept on the day the Chaturdashi holds in the hours before dawn.
How Naraka Chaturdashi is observed, what is needed, and the katha
Questions
Which day is Naraka Chaturdashi this year?
It is kept on the day the Chaturdashi holds in the hours before dawn in your city, the date shown at the top of this page. In some years this is the same day as the Lakshmi Puja, and in others the day before.
Why is the bath before sunrise?
The texts that give it place it at dawn, before sunrise, and that is the window shown on this page. Families who cannot bathe then follow their own practice.
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