Diwali 1963 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Wed 16 Oct or Thu 17 Oct

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Diwali 1963 in Pāthardi?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Wednesday 16 October

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Thursday 17 October

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Wed 16 Oct in Pāthardi

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Wednesday 16 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

19:48–20:33

45 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06⁠–⁠20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:48 to 20:33.

Dharmasindhu · Thursday 17 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

19:44–20:33

49 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05⁠–⁠20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:44 to 20:33.

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Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules

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Why is Diwali on Wed 16 Oct or Thu 17 Oct in Pāthardi?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 16 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06⁠–⁠20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:48 to 20:33.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:06–20:33. Amavasya: 16:14 to 18:12 Thu.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:12; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 16:14 Wed to 18:12.

One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.

Smarta · Vaishnava

Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 16:14 on Wed 16 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:12 on Thu 17 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Wed 16 Oct.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Thu 17 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 18:12.

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.