Gifting your husband on Diwali sits in an interesting no-man's land. He's family, so the gift doesn't carry the social performance weight of something you'd give his parents. But ignoring the occasion entirely reads as indifferent, especially in households where everyone is watching who gifted what to whom. Most husbands say they don't want anything, then quietly notice if nothing shows up. The expectation is low-effort acknowledgment, not grand gesture.
At ₹1,000 to ₹3,000 you're in the range where a gift feels considered without crossing into compensatory. Below ₹1,000 and you're in dry fruit territory, which technically counts but barely. Above ₹3,000 and the occasion starts asking questions about what you're trying to make up for. This range buys a decent smartwatch, a compact speaker, or a grooming kit that he'll actually use past the festival week. The value here is daily utility dressed up as festive thoughtfulness.
The one pitfall specific to husbands at Diwali: avoid anything that reads as a household item in disguise. A speaker for the living room, a power strip, a lamp for the study. If the gift could plausibly go in any shared room, it isn't a gift for him, and he will know that. Keep it personal, preferably something that goes on his wrist or into his bag.