Updated: November 2026 · By Acharya Chhaya Goyal
Diwali 2026 is on Sunday, 8 November 2026. As per Vastu, perform the puja facing North or East, declutter your home before the festival, and use the simple Vastu tips below for Dhanteras, your locker, rangoli and wealth.
Key Takeaways
| Festival | Date |
|---|---|
| Dhanteras | Friday, 6 November 2026 |
| Choti Diwali (Kali Chaudas) | Saturday, 7 November 2026 |
| Narak Chaturdashi (Abhyang Snan, morning) | Sunday, 8 November 2026 |
| Diwali (Lakshmi Puja, evening) | Sunday, 8 November 2026 |
| Govardhan Puja | Tuesday, 10 November 2026 |
| Bhai Dooj | Wednesday, 11 November 2026 |
Diwali is an occasion to celebrate life: victory over challenges, light over darkness and awareness over ignorance. May this auspicious time light up your life with happiness, joy, peace and abundance. Let us celebrate the festival in its true essence by making others smile. Have a safe Diwali and spread happiness around.
Goddess Lakshmi, the giver of wealth, prosperity and happiness, takes centre stage on this auspicious day, alongside Lord Ganesha. Diwali is not only about following rituals; it is about turning your home into a space that welcomes divine blessings. Here are the essential Vastu tips to create a prosperous and harmonious home for a year filled with abundance.
Enhance your home's positive energy for more blessings and luck this Diwali.
Diwali is the perfect opportunity to refresh your living space. Turn it from a cluttered storage area into an inviting space that welcomes abundance and fortune. Follow the "less is more" approach: keep only what serves a purpose or adds beauty, and keep it organised. As the saying goes:
"Either it should be useful or beautiful to have a place in your home."
DONATE: gently used clothes, shoes and any items you no longer use, to those in need.
DISCARD: broken mirrors, damaged furniture, cracked idols, and any damaged statues, artworks or photos.
REMOVE: junk, clutter, dried flowers, overgrown plants, thorny plants and any non-functional household items.
REPAIR: non-functional electronics, clocks and watches that have stopped, defective lights, leaking taps and creaking doors.
With these small but powerful changes, you can lift the energy of your home without changing its essence, and welcome blessings and good fortune this Diwali.
Don't forget the North-East direction: keep it clean and well organised to harness positive energy.
Cultivate prosperity with a time-tested ritual for achieving your dreams.
Take a diary and cover it in bright yellow, marked with a sacred Swastik in red roli. On the cover, write the mantra: ॐ श्री ह्रीं श्रीं कमले कमलालये प्रसीद श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं ॐ महालक्ष्मयै नमः॥ (Om Shreem Hreem Shreem Kamale Kamalalaye Praseed Shreem Hreem Shreem Om Mahalakshmyai Namah)
In this Miracle Diary, write your aspirations in detail: your goals, targets and heart's desires. Place the diary in the Prosperity Corner of your home until Diwali.
On Diwali, move the diary to the West direction, where it continues to attract your goals towards realisation.
Make your dreams a reality and turn the extraordinary into your everyday.
On Dhanteras, clear the West direction of your space of any dustbin, clutter or unwanted items, so it is clean and ready to attract abundance. Lay a fresh, new yellow cloth in the West direction of both your home and office.
On the yellow cloth, set up your Prosperity Altar. Begin by sprinkling Gangajal for purity. Add fresh marigold and lotus flowers. Place your Bahi Khata, account books, laptop and business cards, which represent your financial work.
Add a yellow money box filled with coins to invite wealth, and place The Miracle Diary here to manifest your dreams. For fragrance, add Prosperity Essential Oil to a glass bowl of water. While your altar is set up, play the Lakshmi Mantra for 3 to 4 hours.
This ritual sets the stage to activate your money-manifesting power, bringing your financial goals a step closer to reality. Read more Vastu tips to attract money.
Dhanteras 2026: Friday, 6 November.
This Dhanteras, invite prosperity with simple Vastu practices. Place a red cloth in the South-East direction of your home. On it, place a copper or steel utensil and fill it to the brim with coins, letting them spill onto the red cloth. Sprinkle fragrant rose petals around it.
Paint a red Swastik on the wall in the South-East, and light the South-East with a small 0.5 watt red LED lamp. After Diwali, put some of the coins from the utensil into your locker and use the rest in your daily transactions. These practices balance the energy of your space and improve the flow of wealth and abundance.
To make the most of your wealth and profits, place your locker in the West direction of your house. As per Vastu, this enhances financial blessings and prosperity.
Fix a brass Swastik on the locker door. The Swastik represents positivity and good fortune. Tie a red-yellow thread (red moli) to the locker's handle, as a symbol of luck and protection.
Place 7 bay leaves and 7 turmeric sticks, wrapped in a yellow cloth, inside your locker or cash box to attract wealth. Regularly spraying water mixed with natural pink lotus essential oil creates an inviting atmosphere for financial blessings.
Choti Diwali (Kali Chaudas) 2026: Saturday, 7 November. Narak Chaturdashi Abhyang Snan: morning of Sunday, 8 November.
Narak Chaturdashi is dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi and Yamraj, and families perform special pujas on this day. To begin, light a lamp (diya) with mustard oil on a mound of rice, and place it in the South direction of your home. Once you begin the Yama lamp ritual, it is best to stay indoors, so finish any outside work before you start.
Make a vibrant rangoli in the East direction of your home, using natural flowers and leaves, as a symbol of devotion and a welcome to the divine energies.
In the Prosperity Corner, place 9 pieces of kachchi haldi (raw turmeric) or 9 strands of kesar in a small golden cloth bag (potli). Place fresh flowers in an urli (a wide vessel) filled with water in the North direction.
In the North-East, play 108 chants of the Gayatri Mantra. After the puja, light 21 diyas and 21 candles in the South-East direction, as a symbol of hope, light and good wishes for the future.
| Direction | Shapes | Colours | Supports |
|---|---|---|---|
| South and South-East | Floral and triangular | Red, green, orange | Cash liquidity and money flow |
| West and North-West | Circular and geometric | Golden, yellow, grey, white, blue | Wealth and business profits |
| North and North-East | Wavy and flowing | Blue, green, white, silver | New opportunities, clients and income |
| East and South-East | Floral | Green, orange | Prosperity and harmonious relationships |
Improve your home's financial health with floral and triangular rangoli in the South and South-East, in red, green and orange. Add fresh flowers and petals, and complete the design with candles and diyas to support cash liquidity and a smoother flow of money.
For more wealth and business success, make circular and geometric rangoli in the West and North-West, in golden, yellow, grey, white and blue. These designs help multiply wealth and increase business profits.
To invite new opportunities, attract clients and increase income, make wavy and flowing rangoli in the North and North-East, in blue, green, white and silver.
For prosperity and harmonious relationships at home, make floral rangoli in the East and South-East, in green and orange. Add red and green diyas and candles for an elegant finish.
Lakshmi Puja 2026: Sunday, 8 November.
For a harmonious celebration, perform the Diwali Puja facing the North or East direction, to enhance the spiritual atmosphere and auspicious energy. Read our Vastu tips for the temple at home.
Diwali is the festival of light and positivity. Align your home with these Vastu tips on the day:
In the morning, sprinkle Gangajal throughout your home to start the day with divine blessings.
Bring new energy into your space by moving at least 21 pieces of furniture, even by just an inch. Then clean the floors with salt water.
Prepare a homemade sweet for your puja as prasad. Add pure kesar for an extra touch of purity.
Decorate your entrance and the East direction of your house with marigold flowers and Ashoka leaves.
Dress the idols in golden or yellow clothes to honour the divine presence.
Place books related to your business or work, your laptop and the mobile phone you use for business on the puja altar during the Diwali Puja.
Light 21 diyas and 21 candles in the South-East direction during the Diwali Puja, as a symbol of light over darkness.
Light up every corner of your home, so that no part of it is left in darkness.
May these Vastu tips fill your home with positivity and blessings this Diwali.
Embrace the spirit of giving this Diwali by brightening others' lives:
Gift your helpers and staff at least one set of new clothes.
Share sweets and shagun (cash) with all your domestic helpers.
Donate a full meal and sweets to at least two people in need.
Donate at least 51 earthen diyas, to light up the homes and hearts of others.
On the morning of Diwali, offer food to a hungry animal.
Let your generosity shine as bright as the Diwali lights.
| For | Vastu tip |
|---|---|
| Stock trading | Face the West direction while trading |
| Entrepreneurs and business owners | Money Plant in a blue glass bottle with water, in the North |
| Shops and showrooms | Blue brand board and brochures in the North |
| Corporate professionals | Company logo in the North-West |
| Students | Study in the West of South-West |
| Industries and offices | A red bulb in the South-East |
Face the West direction while trading, to strengthen your trading decisions. Read about the best direction for a home office.
Keep a Money Plant in a blue glass bottle filled with water, in the North direction, to attract new clients, business and opportunities.
Place a blue brand board and brochures in the North direction to boost sales and customer engagement. See Vastu for shops.
Place your company's logo in the North-West direction to attract growth and new career opportunities.
Study in the West of South-West direction to excel academically. Read our Vastu tips for child study.
Light a red bulb in the South-East direction of your commercial premises, for an environment of growth and productivity.
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Diwali 2026, with Lakshmi Puja, is on Sunday, 8 November 2026. Dhanteras is on Friday, 6 November, Govardhan Puja on Tuesday, 10 November and Bhai Dooj on Wednesday, 11 November 2026.
As per Vastu, perform the Diwali Puja facing the North or East direction, to enhance the spiritual atmosphere and auspicious energy.
Keep the locker in the West direction of the house to enhance wealth and profits. Fix a brass Swastik on its door and tie a red moli thread on its handle.
Place a red cloth in the South-East of your home with a copper or steel utensil filled with coins, sprinkle rose petals, and light a 0.5 watt red LED lamp in the South-East. After Diwali, keep some of the coins in your locker.
For cash flow, make floral and triangular rangoli in the South and South-East; for wealth and business growth, circular designs in the West and North-West; for new opportunities, wavy designs in the North and North-East; and for harmony in relationships, floral designs in the East and South-East.
