Diwali 1989 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:56–20:27, Sun 29 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1989 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 29 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 29 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:56 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1989 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 29 Oct in Pāthardi?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 29 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:56 to 20:27.
Chaturdashi until 18:25, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:25 to 20:57 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:57–20:27. Amavasya: 18:25 Sat to 20:57.
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 18:25 on Sat 28 Oct to 20:57 on Sun 29 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sun 29 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.