Diwali
Pune firecracker rules for Diwali 2026
What Pune Police allow, and when.
Photo: Sriram Jagannathan / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
10 pm to 6 am
No noisy crackers
Colour-only fireworks that make no noise are exempt from this time limit.
100 m
Silence zones
No crackers near hospitals, schools, colleges and courts at any time.
Banned
Atom bombs are out
Crackers of 125 decibels or more, measured 4 metres away, are banned.
Roads
Not on the street
No bursting on roads, lanes or footpaths, or within 10 metres of a road.
Safety
Keep away from stalls
Fireworks are not allowed within 50 metres of licensed cracker stalls.
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Report a violation
Call the emergency number to report noise or unsafe bursting in Pune.