Diwali 1982 in Simrishamn, Skåne, Sweden Sun 14 Nov or Mon 15 Nov
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When is Diwali 1982 in Simrishamn?
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 SimrishamnDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Sunday 14 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:58–19:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 15:58 to 17:25.
Dharmasindhu · Monday 15 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:57–19:05. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 15:57 to 17:21.
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 Simrishamn?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 14 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:58–19:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 15:58 to 17:25.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 15:58–19:06. Amavasya: 15:15 to 16:09 Mon.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 16:09; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 15:15 Sun to 16:09.
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 began at 15:15 on Sun 14 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 16:09 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 16:09.
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.