Diwali 2008 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:59–20:27, Tue 28 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2008 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 28 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 28 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:59 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2008 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 28 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 28 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:59 to 20:27.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 03:32 Tue.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:57–20:27. Amavasya: 03:32 to 04:43 Wed.
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 03:32 on Tue 28 Oct to 04:43 on Wed 29 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:57–20:27) 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.