Diwali 2000 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:23–21:10, Thu 26 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Diwali 2000 in Mapleton?
Thursday 26 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 26 Oct in MapletonDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:30–21:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:23 to 21:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2000 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 26 Oct in Mapleton?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 26 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:30–21:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:23 to 21:10.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 02:44 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:30–21:10. Amavasya: 02:44 to 01:58 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 02:44 on Thu 26 Oct to 01:58 on Fri 27 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:30–21:10) 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.