Diwali 1971 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:54–20:23, Mon 18 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 1971 in Davinópolis?
Monday 18 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 18 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:54 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1971 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 18 Oct in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 18 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:54 to 20:23.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 02:28 Mon.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Amavasya: 02:28 to 04:58 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 02:28 on Mon 18 Oct to 04:58 on Tue 19 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:01–20:23) 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.