{"id":4137,"date":"2026-09-30T08:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/pokemon-go-festival-of-lights-returns-india-nov-6-8-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:38:08","slug":"pokemon-go-festival-of-lights-returns-india-nov-6-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/pokemon-go-festival-of-lights-returns-india-nov-6-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon GO Festival of Lights returns to India Nov. 6\u20138"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scopely Explore, Inc. announced that Pok\u00e9mon GO&#8217;s Festival of Lights will run in India from Friday, Nov. 6, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. local time through Sunday, Nov. 8 at 8:00 p.m. local time. The event will feature two costumed Pikachu-one wearing a saree and one wearing a kurta-appearing in raids and special encounters, with chances for Shiny forms and Special Backgrounds.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Timed Research with branching tasks begins on Nov. 1 and offers rewards including experience points, Stardust and stickers depicting the costumed Pikachu. Collection Challenges available during the event reward experience points and Stardust for catching event-themed Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sparkle O&#8217;Clock will run each evening in four five-minute windows that increase wild encounters at 6:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. local time. Featured wild and lure-attracted Pok\u00e9mon include Charmander, Chinchou, Mareep, Camerupt, Litwick, Lampent, Morelull and Tadbulb, in addition to the saree- and kurta-clad Pikachu.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lure Modules will receive an event-themed boost that raises the chance of those Pok\u00e9mon appearing near active Lures and will last three times longer during the event. Spinning Pok\u00e9Stops can reward stickers showing Pikachu in a saree or kurta. Some event-themed Pok\u00e9mon may also appear glowing.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the three-day period trainers in India can participate in raids, timed research, Collection Challenges and boosted wild spawns to obtain event rewards and capture the costumed Pikachu variants.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon GO&#8217;s Festival of Lights returns to India Nov. 6\u20138, 2026, featuring Pikachu in a saree and Pikachu in a kurta in raids and special encounters, with Shiny and Special Background chances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"newsroom_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pokemon GO Festival of Lights returns to India Nov 6-8, 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pokemon GO Festival of Lights runs in India Nov 6-8, 2026. 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