Diwali 1982 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:10–18:58, Sun 14 Nov
Festival · times in MST
When is Diwali 1982 in Mapleton?
Sunday 14 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 14 Nov in MapletonDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:10–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:10 to 18:58.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1982 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 14 Nov in Mapleton?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 14 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:10–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:10 to 18:58.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:10–19:58. Amavasya: 07:15 to 08:09 Mon.
Amavasya ended at 08:09; 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 07:15 on Sun 14 Nov to 08:09 on Mon 15 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:10–19:58) 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.