Diwali 2011 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:27–20:22, Tue 25 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2011 in Davinópolis?
Tuesday 25 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 25 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:27 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2011 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 25 Oct in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 25 Oct: Amavasya touches pradosha on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:27 to 20:22.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 20:46. Amavasya: 20:46 to 16:55 Wed.
Amavasya ended at 16:55; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 20:46 Tue to 16:55.
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 20:46 on Tue 25 Oct to 16:55 on Wed 26 Oct, between the two evenings’ pradosha, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Tue 25 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.