Diwali 1952 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:37–20:32, Sat 18 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1952 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 18 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:37 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1952 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 18 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 18 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:37 to 20:32.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 03:25 Sat.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Amavasya: 03:25 to 04:12 Sun.
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 03:25 on Sat 18 Oct to 04:12 on Sun 19 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:04–20:32) 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.