Diwali 2002 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:10–18:49, Mon 4 Nov
Festival · times in EET
When is Diwali 2002 in Khmelnytskyi?
Monday 4 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 4 Nov in KhmelnytskyiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:45–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:10 to 18:49.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2002 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 4 Nov in Khmelnytskyi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 4 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:45–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:10 to 18:49.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 02:13 Mon.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 16:45–19:38. Amavasya: 02:13 to 22:34.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 02:13 on Mon 4 Nov to 22:34 on Mon 4 Nov, so only Monday’s pradosha (16:45–19:38) 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.