Nagaland's state-run lottery department is holding its weekly Dear Monday draws today, September 7, 2026, releasing results for three separate lotteries known as Dear 1PM, Dear 6PM and Dear 8PM. As it does every Monday, the state is running these three draws back to back through the day, each carrying its own prize structure and its own popular nickname among regular ticket buyers.
Three draws, three identities
The Dear 1PM lottery is widely known among buyers as the Dear Rise 1PM Morning lottery. The evening draw, Dear 6PM, goes by two different popular names depending on where you hear it: Dear Day 6PM or Dear Legend Evening 6PM. The final draw of the day, Dear 8PM, is commonly referred to as the Dear Clover Night 8PM lottery. These nicknames are not official renamings but the labels ticket buyers and sellers use to tell the three Monday draws apart at a glance, since all three run under the same Dear Monday banner on the same day.
What each draw pays out
Every one of these three lotteries offers a total of six prize tiers. The first prize is Rs 1 crore. Below that sits a consolation prize of Rs 1,000, followed by a second prize of Rs 10,000. The remaining tiers are a third prize of Rs 500, a fourth prize of Rs 250, and a fifth prize of Rs 120. That means a single ticket has six separate chances to be declared a winner, from the crore-rupee jackpot down to the smallest Rs 120 payout, once the draw for that slot is complete.
When the numbers actually come out
The three draws themselves take place at their scheduled hours of 1PM, 6PM and 8PM. But the full results PDF and the list of winning numbers are not published the instant the draw happens; there is roughly a ten-minute gap while the numbers are compiled and verified. As a result, the 1PM draw's results are out by 1:10 pm, the 6PM draw's results by 6:10 pm, and the 8PM draw's results by 8:10 pm. Anyone checking immediately at the top of the hour will need to wait those extra minutes before the official list is available.
A legally run state lottery
All three Dear Monday draws are conducted under the authority of the Nagaland state government's own lottery department, which is what makes lottery Sambad draws like these legally run games rather than unregulated gambling. Different states that participate in the wider lottery Sambad framework hold their draws on different days of the week, and Nagaland's Dear Monday slot is fixed specifically for Mondays. Running the same three time slots and the same six-tier prize structure every week gives regular buyers a predictable rhythm: the same jackpot amount, the same consolation and lower-tier prizes, and the same three checkpoints in the day to find out whether their ticket has won.
Today's schedule at a glance
Put together, the day's three Dear Monday draws break down like this for anyone tracking the results as they come out
- Dear 1PM (Dear Rise 1PM Morning): draw at 1PM, results out by 1:10 pm.
- Dear 6PM (Dear Day 6PM / Dear Legend Evening 6PM): draw at 6PM, results out by 6:10 pm.
- Dear 8PM (Dear Clover Night 8PM): draw at 8PM, results out by 8:10 pm.
Each of the three carries the identical six-tier prize table, from the Rs 1 crore first prize down to the Rs 120 fifth prize, so the only real difference between them is the time of day and the nickname buyers use to refer to that particular draw.
