Diwali 1988 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 8 Nov or Wed 9 Nov

Festival · times in UTC+4

When is Diwali 1988 in Sevan?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Tuesday 8 November

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Wednesday 9 November

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Tue 8 Nov in Sevan

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Tuesday 8 November

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:06–19:54

1 h 48 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48⁠–⁠20:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:06 to 19:54.

Dharmasindhu · Wednesday 9 November

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:02–19:50

1 h 48 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:47⁠–⁠20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:02 to 19:50.

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Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules

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Why is Diwali on Tue 8 Nov or Wed 9 Nov in Sevan?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 8 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48⁠–⁠20:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:06 to 19:54.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:48–20:35. Amavasya: 17:14 to 18:19 Wed.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:19; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 17:14 Tue to 18:19.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.

Smarta · Vaishnava

Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 17:14 on Tue 8 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:19 on Wed 9 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Tue 8 Nov.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Wed 9 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 18:19.

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.