This year, 27 Sunday 2019 Diwali and Deepavali to be celebrated on the same day

This year, 27 Sunday 2019 Diwali and Deepavali to be celebrated on the same day 

This year 27: On Sunday 27, 2019 North India celebrated 'Diwali' and South India celebrated 'Deepavali' on the same day, an alliance that was not to happen for the next several years, until the year 2019. 

For 6 years since 2012, South Indians (specifically Kerala & Tamil Nadu) have been celebrating the festival of lights one day ahead of their fellow countrymen in the North. 

This year, i.e, in the year 2019, India will unite on October 27, Sunday to celebrate one of its most important and brightest festivals. 

Diwali festival date is based on the Hindu calendar. 

It falls on the 15th day (Amavasya tithi of Krishna paksha) of Kartik month which is usually late October or early November. 

Up in the north, for Hindus, Diwali is a series of festivals lasting for 5 days starting with Dhanteras followed by Chotti Diwali(Naraka Chaturdasi), Lakshmi Puja, Govardhan puja and ending with the celebration of Bhai Duj on day 5. 

The day of Lakshmi Puja is celebrated as the day of Diwali, commemorating the return of Sita Devi, Ram and Lakshman to Ayodhya after defeating Ravana. 

The day when Amavasya prevails during Pradosha Kala is chosen for Lakshmi puja. 

Lakshmi Puja Image Source: IANS The day of Lakshmi Puja is celebrated as the day of Diwali Down south, Deepavali marks the victory of Lord Krishna and Sathyabhama over Narakasura, a wicked demon. 

The day falls on Chaturdashi tithi, a day ahead of Amavasya. Festival day should also satisfy the condition that moonrise happens before sunrise on Chaturdashi. 

This explains why the date differs in South India and North India. In 2018, Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi continued upto 10:27 pm on November 06 followed by Amavasya upto 9:32 pm on November 07. 

Therefore south celebrated Deepavali on November 06th and north celebrated Diwali on October 27th. However in the year 2019, though Chaturdashi tithi starts at 3:46 PM on October 26 and lasts upto 12:23 pm on the 27th, 26th fails to satisfy the condition that moonrise should happen before sunrise on Chaturdashi. Thus Naraka Chaturdashi is celebrated on October 27, the day which satisfies this condition. With the end of Chaturdashi starts Amavasya tithi. 

Amavasya continues upto 9:08 am on October 28, however, the condition that 'Amavasya prevails during pradosha Kaal' fixes Lakshmi puja date on October 27, Sunday for which Pradosh Kaal is from 5:48 PM to 8:21 PM when Amavasya is the tithi in effect. 

Artist working on Narakasura masks Image Source: IANS 'Deepavali' marks the victory of Lord Krishna and Sathyabhama over Narakasura (Image shows an artist gives finishing touches to the masks of Damon Narakasura ahead of Naraka Chaturdashi) After a gap of 6 years, the celestial bodies have assumed a favourable alignment to enable India to celebrate Diwali as one. 

This year, Diwali will be celebrated across the country on October 27, Sunday.

Happy Onam 2019: Ram Charan, Dulquer Salmaan, Kajal Aggarwal & other South celebs wish their fans 

South superstars such as Ram Charan, Dulquer Salmaan and Kajal Aggarwal among others wished fans a Happy Onam from their official accounts Indian’s love festivals and celebrate each occasion with equal happiness and enthusiasm. 

May it be Ganesh Chaturthi, Eid, Christmas, Holi or Diwali, festivals are an integral part of our culture. 

Today, our country is celebrating Onam, the annual Harvest festival which is majorly celebrated in the state of Kerala. 

It is believed that Onam is celebrated to honour King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit the state at the time of the festival. 

The celebrations include interesting activities such as the famous boat races, the tiger dance, rangoli making, tug of war, mask dance and of course, traditional folk dance and music. 

Families come together, dress up in beautiful traditional outfits during the puja and a feast is prepared in every home, which is served on plantain leaves and consists of nine courses. 


It includes special treats such as fried pieces of banana coated with jaggery, banana chips, molosyam, rasam and different types of coconut chutney. 

Social media has been showering with sweet messages and posts from netizens celebrating the occasion since morning. 

Celebrities from the South film industry also took to their official handles to wish fans a happy Onam. 

Ram Charan shared a selfie along with a poster of his upcoming film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. 

In the first picture, he can be seen dressed in what looks like a black kurta with a white tikka on his forehead. 

Heartthrob Dulquer Salmaan too dressed up for Onam and shared a picture of himself wearing a cream coloured pyjama.

Happy Lohri 2019: History, Significance, Story; Why it's celebrated 

Representative News ImageImage Source: PINTEREST Happy Lohri 2019: History, Significance, Story; Why {it is|it's} celebrated The year has simply begun and also the initial pageant of all; Lohri has arrived. 

The pageant of Lohri is well known on January thirteenth each year. It doesn’t play a guessing game with us every year and come on a fixed date, unlike Holi and Diwali. 

According to well-liked beliefs, Lohri is celebrated to celebrate the end of peak winter. This festival is also linked to the harvest of Rabi crops that are harvested in winters. 

• It’s the traditional time to harvest sugarcane crops in January. 

• Punjabi farmers celebrate the pageant with a ton of zeal and fervour. 

• Lohri (Maghi) is additionally celebrated because of the monetary yr. 

• Lohri History, Significance, Story behind it Lohri is celebrated a night before Makar Sakranti. 

• It is also known as Maghi. It falls generally on a similar date each year. 

• It marks the top of winter and also the starting of longer days. 

• The sun travels towards the Northern Hemisphere during this time.

•  Lohri is celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs of Northern India. 

Hindus and Sikhs historically illuminate bonfires and also the entire world community celebrate the pageant along. 

• They socialise around the fire, sing and dance.

•  Traditional sweets like Rewri, Gazak, Gur Patti, Chikki, etc are served. 

The Lohri song which is sung around the bonfire mentions the Sun god and thanks to him for his heat and benevolence. 

• The God of fire is also worshipped on Lohri. 

Legend of Dulla Bhatti There is a legend of Dulla Bhatti that is sung as a central theme among many Lohri songs. 

He was hailed as a hero of Punjab. He saved the Hindu girls from being abducted and taken forcibly into slave trading to the Middle East. 


Among the girls he saved, there were Sundri and Mundri who gradually became the theme of Lohri song. 

In many places of Punjab, 10 to 15 days before the festival of Lohri, teenagers and children go around the neighbourhood in search of logs for the bonfire. 

They also ask for treats from the elders in the neighbourhood.