Diwali 1948 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:59–20:22, Sun 31 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 1948 in Davinópolis?
Sunday 31 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 31 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:59 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1948 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 31 Oct in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 31 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:59 to 20:22.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 05:37 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Amavasya: 05:37 to 03:02 Mon.
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 runs from 05:37 on Sun 31 Oct to 03:02 on Mon 1 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:02–20:22) 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.