Diwali 1956 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:38–20:26, Fri 2 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1956 in Pāthardi?
Friday 2 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 2 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:38 to 20:26.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1956 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 2 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 2 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:38 to 20:26.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 23:05.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:55–20:26. Amavasya: 23:05 Thu to 22:13.
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 23:05 on Thu 1 Nov to 22:13 on Fri 2 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:55–20:26) 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.