Diwali 1985 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:18–21:23, Mon 11 Nov
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When is Diwali 1985 in Davinópolis?
Monday 11 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 11 Nov in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:04–21:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:18 to 21:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1985 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 11 Nov in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 11 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:04–21:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:18 to 21:23.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 19:04–21:23. Amavasya: 16:04 to 12:20 Tue.
Amavasya ended at 12:20; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−2). 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 16:04 on Mon 11 Nov to 12:20 on Tue 12 Nov, so only Monday’s pradosha (19:04–21:23) 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.