Diwali 1926 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 4 Nov or Fri 5 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Diwali 1926 in Sevan?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Thursday 4 November
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Friday 5 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 4 Nov in SevanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thursday 4 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:54–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:23 to 19:10.
Dharmasindhu · Friday 5 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:19 to 19:06.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1926 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 4 Nov or Fri 5 Nov in Sevan?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 4 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:54–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:23 to 19:10.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 16:54–19:38. Amavasya: 16:24 to 17:34 Fri.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 17:34; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 16:24 Thu to 17:34.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 16:24 on Thu 4 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 17:34 on Fri 5 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Thu 4 Nov.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 5 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 17:34.
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.