Diwali 1920 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:06–20:05, Wed 10 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1920 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 10 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 10 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:06 to 20:05.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1920 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 10 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 10 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:06 to 20:05.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 20:38. Amavasya: 20:38 to 21:34 Wed.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Amavasya: 20:38 Tue to 21:34.
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 20:38 on Tue 9 Nov to 21:34 on Wed 10 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:52–20:24) 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.