Diwali 1953 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:23–20:23, Fri 6 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1953 in Pāthardi?
Friday 6 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:23 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1953 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 6 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 6 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:23 to 20:23.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 21:35. Amavasya: 21:35 to 23:27 Fri.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Amavasya: 21:35 Thu to 23:27.
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 21:35 on Thu 5 Nov to 23:27 on Fri 6 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:53–20:25) 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.