Diwali 1908 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:14–19:26, Sat 24 Oct
Festival · times in LMT
When is Diwali 1908 in Diffa?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:54–19:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:09 to 19:21.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1908 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 24 Oct in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 24 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:54–19:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:09 to 19:21.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 16:54–19:21. Amavasya: 05:53 to 06:54 Sun.
Amavasya ended at 06:54; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+0:13). 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 05:53 on Sat 24 Oct to 06:54 on Sun 25 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (16:54–19:21) 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.