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Diwali 1933 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:38⁠–⁠20:32, Wed 18 Oct

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Diwali 1933 in Pāthardi?

Wednesday 18 October

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Wed 18 Oct in Pāthardi

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Lakshmi Puja muhurat
19:38–20:32
54 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04⁠–⁠20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:32.

Open in TithikaSee Diwali's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Diwali on Wed 18 Oct in Pāthardi?

Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 18 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04⁠–⁠20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:32.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Amavasya: 13:19 to 11:14 Thu.

Amavasya ended at 11:14; pradosha is Pratipada.

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 13:19 on Wed 18 Oct to 11:14 on Thu 19 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:04–20:32) 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.