Diwali 1980 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:36–20:23, Thu 6 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 1980 in Davinópolis?
Thursday 6 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 6 Nov in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:36 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1980 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 6 Nov in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 6 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:36 to 20:23.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:23. Amavasya: 15:21 to 17:42 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 17:42; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 15:21 Thu to 17:42.
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 15:21 on Thu 6 Nov to 17:42 on Fri 7 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:03–20:23) 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.