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Diwali 1990 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Wed 17 Oct or Thu 18 Oct

Festival · times in UTC+4

When is Diwali 1990 in Sevan?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Wednesday 17 October

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Thursday 18 October

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Wed 17 Oct in Sevan

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Wednesday 17 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat
19:34–20:52
1 h 18 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:17⁠–⁠20:52. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:34 to 20:52.

Dharmasindhu · Thursday 18 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat
19:30–20:51
1 h 21 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:16⁠–⁠20:51. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:51.

Open in TithikaSee Diwali's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Diwali on Wed 17 Oct or Thu 18 Oct in Sevan?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 17 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Thu 18 Oct.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:17⁠–⁠20:52. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:34 to 20:52.

Chaturdashi until 18:18, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:18 to 19:36 Thu.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 19:36; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:18 Wed to 19:36.

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 runs from 18:18 on Wed 17 Oct to 19:36 on Thu 18 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Wed 17 Oct.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Thu 18 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 19:36.

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.