Diwali 2013 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:36–20:25, Sun 3 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2013 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 3 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 3 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:36 to 20:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2013 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 3 Nov in Pāthardi?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 3 Nov: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sat 2 Nov.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:36 to 20:25.
Chaturdashi until 20:13, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 20:13 to 18:19 Sun.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:19; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 20:13 Sat to 18:19.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 20:13 on Sat 2 Nov to 18:19 on Sun 3 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sun 3 Nov. 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.