Diwali 2003 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:14–20:29, Sat 25 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2003 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 25 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 25 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:14 to 20:29.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2003 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 25 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 25 Oct: Amavasya touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:14 to 20:29.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 21:43. Amavasya: 21:43 to 18:20 Sat.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:20; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 21:43 Fri to 18:20.
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 21:43 on Fri 24 Oct to 18:20 on Sat 25 Oct, so it touches only Saturday’s pradosha (17:59–20:29). 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.