Diwali 1997 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:00–19:51, Thu 30 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Diwali 1997 in Chahārbāgh?
Thursday 30 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 30 Oct in ChahārbāghDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:13–19:52. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:00 to 19:51.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1997 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 30 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 30 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:13–19:52. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:00 to 19:51.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:13–19:52. Amavasya: 11:44 to 13:31 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 13:31; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 11:44 on Thu 30 Oct to 13:31 on Fri 31 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:13–19:52) falls within it. 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.