Diwali 1997 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 20:26–21:33, Thu 30 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−2
When is Diwali 1997 in Ipameri?
Thursday 30 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 30 Oct in IpameriDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:18–21:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:26 to 21:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1997 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 30 Oct in Ipameri?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 30 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:18–21:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:26 to 21:33.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 06:14 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 19:18–21:33. Amavasya: 06:14 to 08:01 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−2). 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 06:14 on Thu 30 Oct to 08:01 on Fri 31 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (19:18–21:33) 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.