Diwali 2001 in Olean, New York, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 16:53–18:38, Wed 14 Nov
Festival · times in EST
When is Diwali 2001 in Olean?
Wednesday 14 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 14 Nov in OleanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:43. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:53 to 18:38.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2001 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 14 Nov in Olean?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 14 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:43. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:53 to 18:38.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 03:37 Wed.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 16:53–19:43. Amavasya: 03:37 to 01:39 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 03:37 on Wed 14 Nov to 01:39 on Thu 15 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (16:53–19:43) 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.