Diwali 1961 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:20–20:19, Tue 7 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1961 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 7 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 7 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 18:20 to 20:19.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1961 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 7 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 7 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 18:20 to 20:19.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Amavasya: 15:20 to 15:28 Wed.
Amavasya ended at 15:28; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 15:20 Tue to 15:28.
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 15:20 on Tue 7 Nov to 15:28 on Wed 8 Nov, so only Tuesday’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.