Diwali 1914 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:38–20:32, Sun 18 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1914 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 18 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 18 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1914 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 18 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 18 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:32.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Amavasya: 15:48 to 12:03 Mon.
Amavasya ended at 12:03; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 15:48 on Sun 18 Oct to 12:03 on Mon 19 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:04–20:32) 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.