Diwali 1903 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:22–20:23, Tue 20 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in MMT
When is Diwali 1903 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 20 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 20 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:22 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1903 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 20 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 20 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:22 to 20:23.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 22:32. Amavasya: 22:32 to 20:51 Tue.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:54–20:23. Amavasya: 22:32 Mon to 20:51.
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 runs from 22:32 on Mon 19 Oct to 20:51 on Tue 20 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:54–20:23) falls within it. Every reading takes that day.
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.