Diwali 1982 in Şefaatlı, Yozgat, Turkey Sun 14 Nov or Mon 15 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Diwali 1982 in Şefaatlı?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Sunday 14 November
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Monday 15 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 14 Nov in ŞefaatlıDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Sunday 14 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:26–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:27 to 19:16.
Dharmasindhu · Monday 15 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:26–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:26 to 19:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1982 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 14 Nov or Mon 15 Nov in Şefaatlı?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 14 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:26–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:27 to 19:16.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:26–20:14. Amavasya: 17:15 to 18:09 Mon.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:09; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 17:15 Sun to 18:09.
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 began at 17:15 on Sun 14 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:09 on Mon 15 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Sun 14 Nov.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Mon 15 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 18:09.
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.