Diwali 1990 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:40–20:32, Thu 18 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1990 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 18 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 18 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:40 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1990 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 18 Oct in Pāthardi?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 18 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:40 to 20:32.
Chaturdashi until 19:48, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:48 to 21:06 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Amavasya: 19:48 Wed to 21:06.
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 19:48 on Wed 17 Oct to 21:06 on Thu 18 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 18 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.