Diwali 1981 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:52–20:12, Tue 27 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 1981 in Diffa?
Tuesday 27 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 27 Oct in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:52 to 20:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1981 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 27 Oct in Diffa?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 27 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:52 to 20:12.
Chaturdashi until 19:20, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:20 to 21:13 Tue.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Amavasya: 19:20 Mon to 21:13.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 19:20 on Mon 26 Oct to 21:13 on Tue 27 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Tue 27 Oct. 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.