Diwali 1988 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:11–20:11, Wed 9 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1988 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 9 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 9 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 20:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1988 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 9 Nov in Pāthardi?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 9 Nov: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Tue 8 Nov.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 20:11.
Chaturdashi until 18:44, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:44 to 19:49 Wed.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 19:49; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:44 Tue to 19:49.
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 18:44 on Tue 8 Nov to 19:49 on Wed 9 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Wed 9 Nov. 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.