--- description: The five-day festival of lights will be celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the world title: Inside Diwali: The Festival of Lights image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b2a2fd415c49d93/6988705d524fc01602df5674/gettyimages-496506024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Inside Diwali: The Festival of Lights by [Adam Perez](/author/adam-perez/) ## Adam Perez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2015 9:26 PM CUT  MUMBAI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 10: Indian people stand next to lanterns displayed at a roadside on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, on November 10, 2015\. Hindus light up their homes and pray to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during the festival which will be celebrated on Wednesday. (Photo by Imtiyaz Shaikh /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) MUMBAI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 10: Indian people stand next to lanterns displayed at a roadside on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, on November 10, 2015\. Hindus light up their homes and pray to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during the festival which will be celebrated on Wednesday. (Photo by Imtiyaz Shaikh /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Anadolu Agency—Getty Images by [Adam Perez](/author/adam-perez/) ## Adam Perez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2015 9:26 PM CUT Millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world will celebrate the five-day festival of lights. The festival coincides with the Hindu new year and marks the triumph of good over evil. Watch the video above to learn everything you need to know about Diwali. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4106812/inside-diwali-the-festival-of-lights/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4106812/inside-diwali-the-festival-of-lights/"},"headline":"Inside Diwali: The Festival of Lights","datePublished":"2015-11-10T21:26:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:29:30.959Z","description":"When light defeated the dark","url":"https://time.com/4106812/inside-diwali-the-festival-of-lights/","keywords":["Holidays","holiday","new years"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b2a2fd415c49d93/6988705d524fc01602df5674/gettyimages-496506024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam Perez","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/adam-perez/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b2a2fd415c49d93/6988705d524fc01602df5674/gettyimages-496506024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Diwali Festival in Mumbai","caption":"Diwali Festival in Mumbai","creditText":"Anadolu Agency—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4106812/inside-diwali-the-festival-of-lights/","name":"Inside Diwali: The Festival of Lights"}}]}] ```