Diwali 2001 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:53–19:53, Wed 14 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2001 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 14 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 14 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:50–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:53 to 19:53.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2001 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 14 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 14 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:50–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:53 to 19:53.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:50–20:24. Amavasya: 14:07 to 12:09 Thu.
Amavasya ended at 12:09; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 14:07 on Wed 14 Nov to 12:09 on Thu 15 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:50–20:24) 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.