Diwali 2008 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:13–20:22, Tue 28 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2008 in Davinópolis?
Tuesday 28 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 28 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:13 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2008 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 28 Oct in Davinópolis?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 28 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Mon 27 Oct.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:13 to 20:22.
Chaturdashi until 19:02, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:02 to 20:13 Tue.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 20:13; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 19:02 Mon to 20:13.
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 19:02 on Mon 27 Oct to 20:13 on Tue 28 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Tue 28 Oct. 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.