Diwali 1950 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:12–20:12, Thu 9 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1950 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 9 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 9 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:12 to 20:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1950 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 9 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 9 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:12 to 20:12.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 08:35 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Amavasya: 08:35 to 04:55 Fri.
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 08:35 on Thu 9 Nov to 04:55 on Fri 10 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:52–20:24) 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.