Diwali 2009 in Codcod, Western Visayas, Philippines Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:14–19:54, Sat 17 Oct
Festival · times in PST
When is Diwali 2009 in Codcod?
Saturday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 17 Oct in CodcodDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:14 to 19:54.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2009 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 17 Oct in Codcod?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:14 to 19:54.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:28–19:54. Amavasya: 15:06 to 13:33 Sun.
Amavasya ended at 13:33; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 15:06 on Sat 17 Oct to 13:33 on Sun 18 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:28–19:54) 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.