Culture and Spirituality

India's calendar, festivals and traditions, city by city.

SankalpShaktiHindi

India's calendar and culture: festivals, the panchang and what each season brings, city by city.

16 October 2026 · 5 min

Why Diwali can fall on different days in different cities, and how we compute it

A festival is kept on the day its tithi holds at a particular moment, so sunrise and sunset decide the date. Here is how Parallel Earth works out every city's festival calendar.

YantraYogHindi

The design and engineering of India's temples, stepwells and observatories, explained with animated diagrams.

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