When is Diwali in 2026?

Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November. The preset and the examples in this guide use 2026-11-08. If your community marks a different day, create that date with /countdown and the bot will count to it.

How do we add the countdown to a group?

Run /countdown 2026-11-08 Diwali in the group. Hindi users can also tap the दिवाली 2026 button on /start or /help. The bot posts one card and edits it as the remaining days change.

Is it free and what does Pro add?

Free chats can run two active countdowns at a time. Pro is a one time 150 Stars payment per chat, with no subscription. It removes the cap on countdowns, adds a custom emoji and shows hours in the final two days.

What happens after Diwali?

When the date arrives the bot edits the card one last time and the countdown is finished. The preset button and the inline cards hide from 9 November 2026 UTC. The creator or a group admin can end a card earlier with /stop and its id.

Diwali 2026 countdown for a Telegram group

Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November. A family chat, a friends group or a community channel usually wants that date in plain sight without someone posting the number every morning. One message that stays current does the job better than a stream of reminders.

CountdownDaysBot posts one card in the group and edits that same card as the days change. You give it a date and a label with /countdown, and the number takes care of itself. Hindi users also get a one tap preset called "दिवाली 2026", and anyone can ask for a quick one-off card with an inline query.

The free tier covers two active countdowns per chat. Pro is a one time payment of 150 Stars per chat for groups that need more. This guide covers the command, the preset, the timezone and the limits, so the card says what you expect when the day arrives.

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Steps

Open the group where the countdown should live. Run the command in the group itself, not in a private chat with the bot. A countdown created in a private chat stays in that private chat and doesn't appear in the group.
Send the date and the label. Type /countdown 2026-11-08 Diwali. The first part is the target date as YYYY-MM-DD and the rest is the text shown on the card. Keep the label short so it reads well on a phone. If the group wants an hour rather than a day, add it before the label, for example /countdown 2026-11-08 18:00 Diwali.
Use the Hindi preset if it's offered. People whose Telegram app is set to Hindi see a button labelled "दिवाली 2026" on /start and /help, and in the bot's greeting in some groups after it joins. A tap creates the same countdown as /countdown 2026-11-08 दिवाली 2026. Other languages don't get the button, though anyone can type the command. The button is there through 8 November 2026 and gone from 9 November 2026.
Set the group timezone once. Day counts depend on what today means in your group. An admin can run /ctz +5:30 for India Standard Time, or whatever offset the group uses. Without a /ctz setting the bot reads the target as UTC. Set it once and every later card in that group uses the same clock.
Check what is running. Use /countdowns to list the active countdowns in the chat with their ids and what's left. /next shows the nearest one with a days, hours and minutes breakdown, which helps in the final week when a single day count is too coarse.
Post a quick card with inline mode. In any chat, type @CountdownDaysBot diwali for an English card. The Devanagari words दिवाली and दीपावली return a Hindi card, and a year after the word is optional. An inline card is posted once and doesn't update itself, and it counts to midnight UTC on 8 November. It carries a button for adding the bot to a group, which is the way to a live card.
Stop the card when it's over. Use /stop with the countdown id from /countdowns, for example /stop 3. The creator or a group admin can stop it. The old card stays in the chat history, changed to a short stopped line, and it no longer updates.

Good to know

Diwali 2026 is Sunday 8 November, and Lakshmi Puja is that same evening. The bot counts to a calendar day, not to a puja hour, and puja timings differ from city to city. Pin the time your family or community follows in a separate message.
The free tier allows two active countdowns per chat. If a New Year card and a birthday card are already running, a Diwali card won't fit until one is stopped. Pro removes that cap for a one time 150 Stars payment per chat.
Pro adds a custom emoji and switches the card from days to hours in the final two days. It's a single payment for the chat, not a subscription.
The preset button and the inline cards hide from 9 November 2026 UTC. On 8 November itself a tap may answer with a short note that Diwali is today and point to /countdown for another date, because the target midnight has already passed. Nothing is created and no free slot is used.
If the chat already has a countdown for the same date, tapping the preset again answers with a short duplicate note instead of creating another card. It doesn't use up a free slot.
The bot checks every hour and edits the card only when the displayed number changes. On the free tier the card shows days, so in practice it changes once a day.
A countdown belongs to the chat where it was created. One group's card isn't listed in another group's /countdowns, and a card made in a private chat isn't posted into a group.

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FAQ

When is Diwali in 2026?: Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November. The preset and the examples in this guide use 2026-11-08. If your community marks a different day, create that date with /countdown and the bot will count to it.
How do we add the countdown to a group?: Run /countdown 2026-11-08 Diwali in the group. Hindi users can also tap the दिवाली 2026 button on /start or /help. The bot posts one card and edits it as the remaining days change.
Is it free and what does Pro add?: Free chats can run two active countdowns at a time. Pro is a one time 150 Stars payment per chat, with no subscription. It removes the cap on countdowns, adds a custom emoji and shows hours in the final two days.
What happens after Diwali?: When the date arrives the bot edits the card one last time and the countdown is finished. The preset button and the inline cards hide from 9 November 2026 UTC. The creator or a group admin can end a card earlier with /stop and its id.

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