Karva Chauth 2026: Date, Moonrise, Vrat Guide
Karva Chauth 2026 falls on Thursday, 29 October in India — sargi before dawn, nirjala vrat till moonrise, with city moonrise times the key planning fact.
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Diwali 2026: Date, Five Days, Lakshmi Puja Guide
Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday, 8 November — Dhanteras 6 Nov, Kali Chaudas 7 Nov, Lakshmi Puja on Amavasya night, with Bestu Varas and Bhai Dooj to follow.
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Durga Puja 2026: Dates, Mahalaya, Kolkata Guide
Durga Puja 2026: Mahalaya on 10 Oct; Shashthi–Dashami ~16/17–21 Oct in Kolkata calendars, with Ashtami widely listed on 19 October.
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Dussehra 2026: Date, Ramlila, Mysuru Dasara Guide
Dussehra 2026 falls Tuesday 20 October—Vijayadashami date, Ravana Dahan, Ramlila cities, Mysuru Dasara notes and Shastra Puja before search spike.
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Navratri 2026 Dates: Colours, Rituals, Full Guide
Sharad Navratri 2026 begins 11 October with Ghatasthapana; nine colours, Durga Puja days and Vijayadashami on 20 October—plan before the search spike.
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Netflix Steps Trailer Ignites Cinderella Rewrite Backlash
Netflix’s Steps teaser, due 20 Nov 2026, casts Ali Wong and Stephanie Hsu as misunderstood stepsisters; online critics call the Cinderella rewrite “satanic.”
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Radha Ashtami 2026: date, Madhyahna puja time and how to keep the vrat
Radha Ashtami 2026 falls on 19 September. Know why it is not 18 September, Madhyahna puja muhurat in Delhi, vrat rules, and how devotees mark Radha Rani Jayanti.
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Macondo Literary Festival closes in Nairobi with ink, sea and silence
Nairobi’s Macondo Literary Festival closes its sixth edition under “Ink, Sea, Silence,” linking African writing to heritage restitution and multilingual public programmes.
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MOPOP opens Styled by the Streets, a long-term gallery for Black women who dressed hip-hop
Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture opens Styled by the Streets, a long-term gallery on Black women’s hip-hop fashion, with 30-plus artifacts through 2027.
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