Crackers for every West Bengal celebration
Kali Puja is the crackers night in Bengal, on the same new moon as Diwali, with Durga Puja, Jagaddhatri Puja and Poila Baishakh around it. Each guide tells you when the day falls, what families actually light, and which boxes to put in your order.
Festivals
The days the South buys crackers
Sealed Standard Fireworks boxes at the Sivakasi wholesale price, delivered for every one of them.
Kali Puja and Diwali
8 November 2026
In Bengal the new moon of Kartik belongs to Kali. Pandals go up in every para, the puja runs through the night, and the rest of India's Diwali arrives on the same evening, or a day apart in some years. Bhoot Chaturdashi comes the night before, with fourteen lamps lit to keep the ancestors company.
What to buyDurga Puja
September or October, from Mahalaya to Bijoya Dashami
Durga Puja is the city's own season. The pandals go up months in advance, the dhak plays from Shashthi to Dashami, and on Bijoya Dashami the goddess leaves for the river with the whole para walking behind her.
What to buyJagaddhatri Puja
October or November, about a month after Durga Puja
Jagaddhatri Puja is Durga in another form, riding a lion, and it belongs above all to Chandannagar and Krishnanagar, where the lighting and the immersion processions draw visitors from across the state.
What to buyKojagori Lakshmi Puja
On the full moon after Bijoya Dashami
Five days after Bijoya, on the full moon, Bengali homes welcome Lakshmi. The floor is drawn with alpana, the little owl that carries her is remembered, and the family stays up late with khichuri and naru, because Kojagori asks who is awake.
What to buyChristmas and New Year
25 December and 31 December
Bengalis call Christmas Boro Din, the big day. Park Street wears its lights, the old churches fill for midnight mass, and a week later Kolkata counts down to the new year from its rooftops.
What to buyPoila Baishakh
14 or 15 April
Poila Baishakh opens the Bengali year. Shops start a new haal khata ledger and hand out sweets, families dress in new clothes, and the evening is for visiting and a good meal.
What to buyFamily occasions
The other days that need crackers
Weddings, temple festivals, housewarmings and birthdays, each with a very different list.
Weddings
Through the wedding season, by the panjika's dates
A Bengali biye has its moments: the groom's party arriving at the bride's house, the shubho drishti under the paan leaves, and the bou bhaat a day or two later at the groom's home.
What to buyHousewarming
On your auspicious day
A griho probesh is timed by the panjika, often in the morning. The conch is blown, the family steps in, milk is boiled in the new kitchen until it rises, and the new home hears its first celebration.
What to buyBirthdays
Any day of the year
A child's first birthday after the annaprashan, a grandfather's eightieth, or simply a big family evening often ends on the roof after the payesh and the cake.
What to buy- Buy direct from West Bengal Fireworks, a Standard Fireworks dealer since 2010
- 25,000+ customers served
- Typically 85% below the printed MRP
- Delivered across Kolkata and all of West Bengal
Ready to order your crackers?
Sealed Standard Fireworks boxes, typically 85% below the printed MRP, minimum order ₹3,000. Delivery charges are not included. You pay the transport office when you collect your parcel.