Diwali 1908 in Olean, New York, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:12–19:57, Sat 24 Oct
Festival · times in EST
When is Diwali 1908 in Olean?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in OleanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:18–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:12 to 19:57.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1908 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 24 Oct in Olean?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 24 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:18–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:12 to 19:57.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 00:44 Sat.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:18–19:58. Amavasya: 00:44 to 01:46 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 00:44 on Sat 24 Oct to 01:46 on Sun 25 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:18–19:58) 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.