Diwali 2002 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:51–20:22, Sun 3 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2002 in Davinópolis?
Sunday 3 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 3 Nov in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2002 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 3 Nov in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 3 Nov: Amavasya touches pradosha on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:22.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 21:13. Amavasya: 21:13 to 17:34 Mon.
Amavasya ended at 17:34; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 21:13 Sun to 17:34.
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 21:13 on Sun 3 Nov to 17:34 on Mon 4 Nov, between the two evenings’ pradosha, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Sun 3 Nov. 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.