Diwali 2012 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:16–19:04, Mon 12 Nov
Festival · times in MST
When is Diwali 2012 in Mapleton?
Monday 12 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 12 Nov in MapletonDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:11–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:16 to 19:04.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2012 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 12 Nov in Mapleton?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 12 Nov: Amavasya touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:11–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:16 to 19:04.
Chaturdashi until 18:43, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:43 to 15:08 Tue.
Amavasya ended at 15:08; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:43 Mon to 15:08.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). 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 18:43 on Mon 12 Nov to 15:08 on Tue 13 Nov, so it touches only Monday’s pradosha (17:11–19:59). 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.