Diwali 1920 in Baoding, Hebei, China Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:19–19:08, Wed 10 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Diwali 1920 in Baoding?
Wednesday 10 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 10 Nov in BaodingDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:09–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:19 to 19:08.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1920 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 10 Nov in Baoding?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 10 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:09–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:19 to 19:08.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 23:08.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:09–19:54. Amavasya: 23:08 Tue to 00:04 Thu.
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 23:08 on Tue 9 Nov to 00:04 on Thu 11 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:09–19:54) 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.