Diwali 2003 in Baoding, Hebei, China Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:26–20:05, Sat 25 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Diwali 2003 in Baoding?
Saturday 25 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 25 Oct in BaodingDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:27–20:05. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:26 to 20:05.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2003 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 25 Oct in Baoding?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 25 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:27–20:05. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:26 to 20:05.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 00:13 Sat.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:27–20:05. Amavasya: 00:13 to 20:50.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 00:13 on Sat 25 Oct to 20:50 on Sat 25 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:27–20:05) 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.