Diwali 1965 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sat 23 Oct or Sun 24 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Diwali 1965 in Sevan?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Saturday 23 October
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Sunday 24 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 23 Oct in SevanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Saturday 23 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:09–20:47. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:09 to 20:47.
Dharmasindhu · Sunday 24 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:07–20:46. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:05 to 20:46.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1965 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 23 Oct or Sun 24 Oct in Sevan?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 23 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sun 24 Oct.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:09–20:47. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:09 to 20:47.
Chaturdashi until 19:53, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:53 to 18:11 Sun.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:11; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 19:53 Sat to 18:11.
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 19:53 on Sat 23 Oct to 18:11 on Sun 24 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 23 Oct.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Sun 24 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 18:11.
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.