Diwali 1978 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:06–20:22, Mon 30 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 1978 in Davinópolis?
Monday 30 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 30 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:06 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1978 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 30 Oct in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 30 Oct: Amavasya touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:06 to 20:22.
Chaturdashi until 18:05, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:05 to 17:06 Tue.
Amavasya ended at 17:06; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:05 Mon to 17:06.
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 18:05 on Mon 30 Oct to 17:06 on Tue 31 Oct, so it touches only Monday’s pradosha (18:02–20:22). 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.