Diwali 1959 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:40–20:27, Sat 31 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Diwali 1959 in Sevan?
Saturday 31 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 31 Oct in SevanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:40 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1959 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 31 Oct in Sevan?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 31 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:40 to 20:27.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 05:58 Sat.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:59–20:41. Amavasya: 05:58 to 02:41 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 05:58 on Sat 31 Oct to 02:41 on Sun 1 Nov, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:59–20:41) 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.