Diwali 1979 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:33–20:31, Sat 20 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1979 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 20 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 20 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:33 to 20:31.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1979 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 20 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 20 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:33 to 20:31.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 06:13 Sat.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Amavasya: 06:13 to 07:53 Sun.
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 06:13 on Sat 20 Oct to 07:53 on Sun 21 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:03–20:31) 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.