Diwali 1900 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Mon 22 Oct or Tue 23 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in MMT
When is Diwali 1900 in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Monday 22 October
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Tuesday 23 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 22 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Monday 22 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:21.
Dharmasindhu · Tuesday 23 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 20:21.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
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Why is Diwali on Mon 22 Oct or Tue 23 Oct in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 22 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:21.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:21. Amavasya: 16:22 to 18:48 Tue.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:48; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 16:22 Mon to 18:48.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 16:22 on Mon 22 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:48 on Tue 23 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Mon 22 Oct.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Tue 23 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 18:48.
The rule
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Amavasya holds; when it touches both, the one it holds more of; when neither, the earlier (Nirnayasindhu).
- Dharmasindhu
- the evening whose pradosha Amavasya holds; when it touches both, the later; when neither, the earlier (Dharmasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.