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Topic: Diwali

Does Taiwan have Diwali?

Not observed here

There is no Diwali in Taiwan. The Act on Commemorative Days and Holidays enumerates the festivals, and the only one where lamps are the point is the Lantern Festival — the fifteenth of the first lunar month, at the end of winter, while Diwali falls at the end of autumn. Both are festivals of light, but one counts by the moon and the other by a different calendar, and they sit half a year apart. The only religious days in the Act are the Daoist day and the Buddha's birthday; the Hindu calendar is not on that list at all.

What is this topic?

Diwali is a five-day season, not a single day. This page separates the main day (Lakshmi–Ganesha Puja) from the opening Dhanteras and the closing Bhai Dooj, and compares two very different statuses: a national holiday with a five-day ritual sequence in India, and a public-school closure in New York City that only became law in 2023.

Sources and dates

Dates follow local time zones, calendars, and official notices. Check the source when a date is estimated or locally variable.