Diwali 1981 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:23–20:10, Mon 26 Oct
Festival · times in MST
When is Diwali 1981 in Mapleton?
Monday 26 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 26 Oct in MapletonDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:31–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:23 to 20:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1981 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 26 Oct in Mapleton?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 26 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:31–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:23 to 20:10.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:31–20:10. Amavasya: 11:20 to 13:13 Tue.
Amavasya ended at 13:13; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). 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 11:20 on Mon 26 Oct to 13:13 on Tue 27 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:31–20:10) 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.