What Time Can I Burst Crackers?
What Time Can I Burst Crackers? A direct answer in 60 seconds: the court-set bursting windows and how they vary by state and festival.
The Supreme Court's 23 October 2018 order sets the default window at 8 pm to 10 pm on Diwali and similar festivals such as Gurpurab, and 11:55 pm to 12:30 am on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. PESO separately bars sound-emitting crackers between 10 pm and 6 am nationwide, and states reissue narrower hours each year, so confirm 2026's local notification before you light up.
The Detail
Three sources set the timing. The Supreme Court's judgment fixed the festival windows directly: 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm for Diwali and comparable festivals like Gurpurab, and 11:55 pm-to-12:30 am for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. That's the national court-ordered floor.
PESO's own Deepavali safety guidance adds a broader standing rule: sound-emitting firecrackers should not be burst between 10 pm and 6 am at all, any night — backing the Court's 10 pm cutoff with a general safety window rather than a festival-specific one.
Then there's the local layer. States, UTs and city pollution bodies issue their own notifications each season, and these can tighten the floor further — Delhi has repeatedly imposed additional bans on manufacture, storage, sale and bursting beyond what national rulings require. Because these notifications reissue yearly, last Diwali's hours shouldn't be assumed to carry over; the current-year notice from your state board or local police is what governs.
Where to Read More
The cracker timing checker gives the applicable window for a specific date and location. The state-by-state cracker rules tracker shows what's layered on top locally, and what time can you burst crackers at night covers etiquette around the legal hours.
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