Diwali 1973 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:11–20:29, Thu 25 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1973 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 25 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 25 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:29.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1973 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 25 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 25 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:29.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:59–20:29. Amavasya: 08:34 to 08:46 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 08:46; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 08:34 on Thu 25 Oct to 08:46 on Fri 26 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:59–20:29) 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.