Diwali 1952 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:50–20:23, Sat 18 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 1952 in Davinópolis?
Saturday 18 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:50 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1952 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 18 Oct in Davinópolis?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 18 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 17 Oct.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:50 to 20:23.
Chaturdashi until 18:55, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:55 to 19:42 Sat.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 19:42; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:55 Fri to 19:42.
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 18:55 on Fri 17 Oct to 19:42 on Sat 18 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 18 Oct. 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.