Diwali 2009 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:57–20:23, Sat 17 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2009 in Davinópolis?
Saturday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 17 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:57 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2009 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 17 Oct in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:57 to 20:23.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 04:06 Sat.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Amavasya: 04:06 to 02:33 Sun.
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 04:06 on Sat 17 Oct to 02:33 on Sun 18 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:01–20:23) 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.