Diwali 1920 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Tue 9 Nov or Wed 10 Nov
Festival · times in KMT
When is Diwali 1920 in Khmelnytskyi?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Tuesday 9 November
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Wednesday 10 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 9 Nov in KhmelnytskyiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Tuesday 9 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:40–19:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:49 to 18:28.
Dharmasindhu · Wednesday 10 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:39–19:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:45 to 18:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
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Why is Diwali on Tue 9 Nov or Wed 10 Nov in Khmelnytskyi?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 9 Nov: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Wed 10 Nov.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:40–19:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:49 to 18:28.
Chaturdashi until 17:10, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 17:10 to 18:06 Wed.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:06; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 17:10 Tue to 18:06.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2:02). 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 17:10 on Tue 9 Nov to 18:06 on Wed 10 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Tue 9 Nov.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Wed 10 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 18:06.
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.