Diwali 1908 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:56–20:05, Sat 24 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+2:30
When is Diwali 1908 in Finote Selam?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in Finote SelamDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:01 to 20:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1908 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 24 Oct in Finote Selam?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 24 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:01 to 20:11.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:44–20:11. Amavasya: 08:20 to 09:21 Sun.
Amavasya ended at 09:21; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2:30). 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 08:20 on Sat 24 Oct to 09:21 on Sun 25 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:44–20:11) 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.