Diwali 2007 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Thu 8 Nov or Fri 9 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−2
When is Diwali 2007 in Ipameri?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Thursday 8 November
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Friday 9 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 8 Nov in IpameriDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thursday 8 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:22–21:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:53 to 21:35.
Dharmasindhu · Friday 9 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:22–21:36. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:49 to 21:36.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2007 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 8 Nov or Fri 9 Nov in Ipameri?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 8 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:22–21:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:53 to 21:35.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 19:22–21:35. Amavasya: 18:30 to 21:03 Fri.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 21:03; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:30 Thu to 21:03.
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 began at 18:30 on Thu 8 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 21:03 on Fri 9 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Thu 8 Nov.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 9 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 21:03.
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.