Diwali 1920 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Tue 9 Nov or Wed 10 Nov
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When is Diwali 1920 in Myjava?
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 MyjavaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Tuesday 9 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:17–19:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:27 to 18:06.
Dharmasindhu · Wednesday 10 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:16–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:23 to 18:02.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
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Why is Diwali on Tue 9 Nov or Wed 10 Nov in Myjava?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 9 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:17–19:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:27 to 18:06.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 16:17–19:12. Amavasya: 16:08 to 17:04 Wed.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 17:04; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 16:08 Tue to 17:04.
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 began at 16:08 on Tue 9 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 17:04 on Wed 10 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: 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 17:04.
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.