Diwali 2006 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:28–20:30, Sat 21 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2006 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 21 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 21 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:28 to 20:30.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2006 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 21 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 21 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:28 to 20:30.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:02–20:30. Amavasya: 08:25 to 10:44 Sun.
Amavasya ended at 10:44; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 08:25 on Sat 21 Oct to 10:44 on Sun 22 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:02–20:30) 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.