Diwali 1984 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:18–20:29, Tue 23 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1984 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 23 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 23 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:18 to 20:29.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1984 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 23 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 23 Oct: Amavasya touches pradosha on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:18 to 20:29.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 21:14. Amavasya: 21:14 to 17:38 Wed.
Amavasya ended at 17:38; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 21:14 Tue to 17:38.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 21:14 on Tue 23 Oct to 17:38 on Wed 24 Oct, between the two evenings’ pradosha, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Tue 23 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.