Diwali 1942 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:16–21:15, Sun 8 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in UTC+6:30
When is Diwali 1942 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 8 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 8 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:53–21:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:16 to 21:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1942 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 8 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 8 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:53–21:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:16 to 21:15.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 00:28 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:53–21:25. Amavasya: 00:28 to 21:48.
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 00:28 on Sun 8 Nov to 21:48 on Sun 8 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:53–21:25) 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.