Diwali 1999 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:36–21:23, Sun 7 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−2
When is Diwali 1999 in Davinópolis?
Sunday 7 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 7 Nov in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:03–21:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:36 to 21:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 1999 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 7 Nov in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 7 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:03–21:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:36 to 21:23.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 00:05 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 19:03–21:23. Amavasya: 00:05 to 01:53 Mon.
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 00:05 on Sun 7 Nov to 01:53 on Mon 8 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (19:03–21:23) 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.