Diwali 1989 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sat 28 Oct or Sun 29 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Diwali 1989 in Sevan?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Saturday 28 October
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Sunday 29 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 28 Oct in SevanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Saturday 28 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:50 to 20:38.
Dharmasindhu · Sunday 29 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:46 to 20:34.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1989 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 28 Oct or Sun 29 Oct in Sevan?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 28 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:50 to 20:38.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:02–20:42. Amavasya: 16:55 to 19:27 Sun.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 19:27; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 16:55 Sat to 19:27.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 16:55 on Sat 28 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:27 on Sun 29 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Sat 28 Oct.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Sun 29 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 19:27.
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.