Diwali 2004 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:17–20:24, Thu 11 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2004 in Davinópolis?
Thursday 11 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 11 Nov in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:17 to 20:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2004 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 11 Nov in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 11 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:17 to 20:24.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Amavasya: 14:00 to 11:27 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 11:27; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 14:00 on Thu 11 Nov to 11:27 on Fri 12 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:04–20:24) 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.