Diwali 1908 in Progress, Amur Oblast, Russia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 16:59–18:37, Sat 24 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+8
When is Diwali 1908 in Progress?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in ProgressDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:38 to 19:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1908 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 24 Oct in Progress?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 24 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:38 to 19:16.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 16:53–19:38. Amavasya: 14:23 to 15:25 Sun.
Amavasya ended at 15:25; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 14:23 Sat to 15:25.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 14:23 on Sat 24 Oct to 15:25 on Sun 25 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (16:53–19:38) 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.