Diwali 2011 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 20:00–21:44, Wed 26 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+5
When is Diwali 2011 in Sevan?
Wednesday 26 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 26 Oct in SevanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:05–21:44. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:00 to 21:44.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2011 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 26 Oct in Sevan?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 26 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:05–21:44. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:00 to 21:44.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 04:46 Wed.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 19:05–21:44. Amavasya: 04:46 to 00:55 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+5). 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 04:46 on Wed 26 Oct to 00:55 on Thu 27 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (19:05–21:44) 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.