Diwali 1920 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:58–20:00, Tue 9 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 1920 in Diffa?
Tuesday 9 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 9 Nov in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:40–18:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 15:58 to 18:00.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1920 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 9 Nov in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 9 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:40–18:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 15:58 to 18:00.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 15:40–18:09. Amavasya: 14:08 to 15:04 Wed.
Amavasya ended at 15:04; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 14:08 Tue to 15:04.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 14:08 on Tue 9 Nov to 15:04 on Wed 10 Nov, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (15:40–18:09) 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.