Diwali 2011 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:30–21:12, Tue 25 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Diwali 2011 in Mapleton?
Tuesday 25 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 25 Oct in MapletonDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:32–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 21:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2011 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 25 Oct in Mapleton?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 25 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:32–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 21:12.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:32–21:12. Amavasya: 17:46 to 13:55 Wed.
Amavasya ended at 13:55; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 17:46 on Tue 25 Oct to 13:55 on Wed 26 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:32–21:12) 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.