Diwali 2002 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:41–19:32, Mon 4 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Diwali 2002 in Chahārbāgh?
Monday 4 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 4 Nov in ChahārbāghDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:08–19:49. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:41 to 19:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2002 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 4 Nov in Chahārbāgh?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 4 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:08–19:49. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:41 to 19:32.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 03:43 Mon.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:08–19:49. Amavasya: 03:43 to 00:04 Tue.
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 03:43 on Mon 4 Nov to 00:04 on Tue 5 Nov, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:08–19:49) 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.