Diwali 2000 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:20–20:22, Thu 26 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2000 in Davinópolis?
Thursday 26 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 26 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:20 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2000 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 26 Oct in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 26 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:20 to 20:22.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 05:44 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Amavasya: 05:44 to 04:58 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 05:44 on Thu 26 Oct to 04:58 on Fri 27 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:01–20:22) 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.