Diwali 1906 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:42–20:33, Wed 17 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1906 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 17 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:42 to 20:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1906 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 17 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:42 to 20:33.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 07:05 Wed.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:05–20:33. Amavasya: 07:05 to 04:12 Thu.
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 07:05 on Wed 17 Oct to 04:12 on Thu 18 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:05–20:33) 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.