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 SevanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Wednesday 17 October
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: pradosha, 18:16–20:51. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:51.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1990 page:
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.
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.
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.