Diwali 2012 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:45–19:47, Tue 13 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 2012 in Diffa?
Tuesday 13 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 13 Nov in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:45 to 19:47.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2012 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 13 Nov in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 13 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:45 to 19:47.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 02:43 Tue.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Amavasya: 02:43 to 23:08.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 02:43 on Tue 13 Nov to 23:08 on Tue 13 Nov, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:39–20:09) 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.