Diwali 1997 in Baoding, Hebei, China Thu 30 Oct or Fri 31 Oct

Festival · times in CST

When is Diwali 1997 in Baoding?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Thursday 30 October

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Friday 31 October

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Thu 30 Oct in Baoding

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Thursday 30 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:05–19:54

1 h 49 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:20⁠–⁠20:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:05 to 19:54.

Dharmasindhu · Friday 31 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:01–19:50

1 h 49 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:19⁠–⁠20:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:01 to 19:50.

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Why is Diwali on Thu 30 Oct or Fri 31 Oct in Baoding?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 30 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:20⁠–⁠20:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:05 to 19:54.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:20–20:00. Amavasya: 16:14 to 18:01 Fri.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:01; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 16:14 Thu to 18:01.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 began at 16:14 on Thu 30 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:01 on Fri 31 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Thu 30 Oct.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 31 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 18:01.

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.