Diwali 2000 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:14–19:55, Thu 26 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Diwali 2000 in Chahārbāgh?
Thursday 26 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 26 Oct in ChahārbāghDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:17–19:55. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:14 to 19:55.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2000 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 26 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 26 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:17–19:55. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:14 to 19:55.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:17–19:55. Amavasya: 12:14 to 11:28 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 11:28; 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 12:14 on Thu 26 Oct to 11:28 on Fri 27 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:17–19:55) 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.