Diwali 1997 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:52–20:27, Thu 30 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 1997 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 30 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 30 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:52 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1997 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 30 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 30 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:52 to 20:27.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:56–20:27. Amavasya: 13:44 to 15:31 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 15:31; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 13:44 Thu to 15:31.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 13:44 on Thu 30 Oct to 15:31 on Fri 31 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:56–20:27) 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.