Diwali 1926 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:28–20:25, Fri 5 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1926 in Pāthardi?
Friday 5 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 5 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:28 to 20:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1926 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 5 Nov in Pāthardi?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 5 Nov: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Thu 4 Nov.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:28 to 20:25.
Chaturdashi until 18:54, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:54 to 20:04 Fri.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 20:04; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:54 Thu to 20:04.
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 18:54 on Thu 4 Nov to 20:04 on Fri 5 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Fri 5 Nov. 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.