# Enlightenment Day

> Enlightenment Day is an annual conference on enlightenment, consciousness and the world's wisdom traditions, presented by Divine Illumination Institute every October since 2023. Enlightenment Day 2026 is on Saturday 10 October 2026. Theme: Celebrating Enlightening Experiences.

Key facts

- Next conference: Enlightenment Day 2026, Saturday 10 October 2026.
- Theme: Celebrating Enlightening Experiences. How enlightenment connects with the awakening of consciousness that can bring good to the world, from the wisdom of Bhagwan Shri Krishna to the awakening of the Prophet of Islam.
- Time and format: 12 noon to 6 pm UK time (BST), online. Tickets and speakers: not yet announced.
- Organiser: Divine Illumination Institute. Contact: team@enlightenmentday.com
- Past conferences: 2023 (online, 10 and 11 October), 2024 (online 10 October, London 13 and 14 October, The Nave, Soho Square), 2025 (online, 11 October).
- This is about spiritual enlightenment (bodhi, moksha, kevala jnana), not the eighteenth century European Enlightenment.

## Pages

- [Enlightenment Day 2026](https://enlightenmentday.com/): home page and theme
- [The 2026 conference](https://enlightenmentday.com/conference/): date, theme, who it is for, how to register interest, how to propose a talk
- [Enlightening experiences](https://enlightenmentday.com/enlightening-experiences/): eight accounts of awakening, from Shri Krishna, Mahavira and the Buddha to the Prophet Muhammad, Guru Nanak, Sri Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi and Sadhguru
- [What is enlightenment](https://enlightenmentday.com/what-is-enlightenment/): the term in Buddhism, Hindu traditions, Jainism, Sikhi, Islam, Christianity and Tantra
- [Past conferences](https://enlightenmentday.com/past-conferences/): speakers and talks from 2023, 2024 and 2025
- [Videos](https://enlightenmentday.com/videos/): twenty recorded talks, including the full 2025 conference
- [Questions and answers](https://enlightenmentday.com/faq/)
- [About](https://enlightenmentday.com/about/)
- [Contact](https://enlightenmentday.com/contact/)

## Earlier years

- [Enlightenment Day 2025](https://enlightenmentday.com/2025/)
- [Enlightenment Day 2024](https://enlightenmentday.com/2024/)
- [Enlightenment Day 2023](https://enlightenmentday.com/2023/)

## Blog

- [Blog](https://enlightenmentday.com/blog/): devotional writing on Maa Maha Kaali, the Das Mahavidya and the Divine Mother