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Diwali in Poland 2026
Diwali 2026: Sunday, 8 November 2026
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Diwali 2026 in Poland is on Sunday, 8 November 2026. The sun sets at 4:05 pm in Kraków. Lakshmi Puja is performed in the evening after sunset, in the pradosh period — roughly the first two and a half hours after it; the lamps are lit as it gets dark.
Poland’s Diwali is small and kept mostly at the temples and by the Indian community’s own groups. The places with a fixed address are ISKCON’s main Polish temple at Mysiadło near Warsaw (open since 1989), its temple in Wrocław and the Radha Govind Bhakti Yog Mandir at Brzegi between Kraków and Wieliczka, opened in 2022; in Wrocław the Indian and Hindu community held a Diwali in the airport terminal on Sunday 2 November 2025, with garba, and we found no 2026 programme for any of them by 30 October.
Diwali is not a public holiday in Poland: the 2026 holiday list on gov.pl runs from New Year’s Day to Christmas and has no Hindu festival, and Sunday 8 November is a Sunday in any case (Independence Day, Wednesday 11 November, follows three days later). Fireworks are not sold to under-18s according to the police, the statute fixes no season for using them, and letting them off in a way that disturbs the peace is an offence under article 51 of the Code of Petty Offences, so homes are lit with diyas and candles.
Sunset on Diwali 2026 in Poland
Sunday, 8 November 2026 · local time, worked out for each city centre
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Where to celebrate Diwali in Poland, city by city
Diwali in Warsaw
ISKCON Warsaw’s main temple, New Ramana Reti at Mysiadło south of the city, has run since 1989 and holds Sunday programmes, and Diwali falls on a Sunday, but its website had posted no Diwali programme on 23 October (its latest news is from September) and the home page of the Embassy of India’s site carried no Diwali notice. No ticketed Diwali event for Warsaw had turned up by 30 October.
Diwali in Kraków
The Radha Govind Bhakti Yog Mandir at Brzegi, between Kraków and Wieliczka, opened in 2022 and is the Kraków area’s Hindu temple, run by the Radha Govind Society. We found no Diwali programme for it, or for the city’s Indian student and professional groups, by 30 October.
Diwali in Wrocław
Wrocław’s Indian and Hindu community held a Diwali in the airport terminal on Sunday 2 November 2025, with garba and the honorary consul of India attending, as the city’s news site reported; no 2026 date had been published by 30 October. ISKCON’s temple at Brodzka 157 (Nowe Nawadwip) holds Sunday meetings with bhajan at 14.00, arati at 16.00 and a feast at 16.30.
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What Diwali is
The biggest night of the Indian year: lamps, sweets, new clothes and fireworks. Abroad it is celebrated over the surrounding weekends, with one large public event in most big cities.
Diwali marks the return of Rama to Ayodhya and the victory of light over darkness; for many families it is also the day of Lakshmi Puja and the start of a new business year. Homes are cleaned and lit with diyas, sweets are exchanged, and the evening ends with fireworks.
If it is your first one in Poland
- Book restaurant tables two weeks ahead — the Diwali weekend fills every Indian restaurant in town.
- Check local fireworks rules before buying any; most European towns restrict them to New Year.
- Sweets (mithai) can be ordered from Indian grocers a week ahead; many deliver nationwide.
- The big city events sell tickets in advance and sell out; children under a certain age are usually free.
Questions people ask
- When is Diwali 2026 in Poland?
- Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday, 8 November 2026. It is not a public holiday in Poland, so the community celebrates on the weekends around it — events are listed on this page as organisers post them, usually four to six weeks ahead.
- What time is sunset on Diwali 2026 in Poland?
- On Sunday, 8 November 2026, the sun sets at 4:05 pm in Kraków, 3:54 pm in Warsaw and 4:14 pm in Wrocław. The times are worked out for each city centre with a flat horizon, as every published table gives them; behind buildings or hills it appears a few minutes later. Lakshmi Puja is performed in the evening after sunset, in the pradosh period — roughly the first two and a half hours after it; the lamps are lit as it gets dark.
- Where can I celebrate Diwali in Poland?
- Poland’s Diwali is small and kept mostly at the temples and by the Indian community’s own groups. The places with a fixed address are ISKCON’s main Polish temple at Mysiadło near Warsaw (open since 1989), its temple in Wrocław and the Radha Govind Bhakti Yog Mandir at Brzegi between Kraków and Wieliczka, opened in 2022; in Wrocław the Indian and Hindu community held a Diwali in the airport terminal on Sunday 2 November 2025, with garba, and we found no 2026 programme for any of them by 30 October.
- Can non-Indians go to Diwali events in Poland?
- Yes. Almost every community event is open to everyone and runs in English; temple and gurdwara celebrations welcome visitors too — dress modestly, and cover your head in a gurdwara.
- Is Diwali a public holiday in Poland?
- No. The 2026 list of public holidays on gov.pl, from New Year’s Day to Christmas, has no Hindu festival, and Diwali falls on Sunday 8 November. Independence Day, Wednesday 11 November, follows three days later.
- Where can I celebrate Diwali in Warsaw, Kraków or Wrocław in 2026?
- At the temples and with the community’s own groups. No 2026 programme had been published for Warsaw, Kraków or Wrocław by 30 October; the last Diwali we could confirm was the Indian community’s in the terminal of Wrocław Airport on Sunday 2 November 2025.
- Which Hindu temples are there in Poland?
- ISKCON’s main temple at Mysiadło near Warsaw (since 1989), ISKCON’s temple in Wrocław at Brodzka 157 (Nowe Nawadwip) and the Radha Govind Bhakti Yog Mandir at Brzegi near Kraków, which opened in 2022. Each sets its own programme, so check its page before you go.
- Can you set off fireworks for Diwali in Poland?
- Fireworks may not be sold to under-18s according to the police (the accreditation centre PCA allows class F2 from 16), the statute fixes no season for using them, and a gmina can ban them in public places; letting them off in a way that disturbs the peace is an offence under article 51 of the Code of Petty Offences. Light diyas and candles at home.
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