Diwali 1925 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:30–20:15, Sat 17 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 1925 in Diffa?
Saturday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 17 Oct in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:49–18:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:30 to 18:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1925 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 17 Oct in Diffa?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 17 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 16 Oct.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:49–18:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:30 to 18:15.
Chaturdashi until 17:17, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 17:17 to 17:05 Sat.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 17:05; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 17:17 Fri to 17:05.
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 17:17 on Fri 16 Oct to 17:05 on Sat 17 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 17 Oct. 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.