Diwali 1909 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:59–19:58, Fri 12 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1909 in Pāthardi?
Friday 12 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 12 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 19:58.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1909 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 12 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 12 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 19:58.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 05:36 Fri.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Amavasya: 05:36 to 07:48 Sat.
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 05:36 on Fri 12 Nov to 07:48 on Sat 13 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:51–20:24) 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.