Diwali 1944 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 20:45–21:33, Mon 16 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in UTC+6:30
When is Diwali 1944 in Pāthardi?
Monday 16 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 16 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:05–21:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:45 to 21:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1944 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 16 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 16 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:05–21:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:45 to 21:33.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 19:05–21:33. Amavasya: 09:52 to 12:04 Tue.
Amavasya ended at 12:04; 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 09:52 on Mon 16 Oct to 12:04 on Tue 17 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (19:05–21:33) 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.