Diwali 2014 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Wed 22 Oct or Thu 23 Oct

Festival · times in UTC−3

When is Diwali 2014 in Davinópolis?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Wednesday 22 October

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Thursday 23 October

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Wed 22 Oct in Davinópolis

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Wednesday 22 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

19:38–20:22

44 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01⁠–⁠20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:22.

Dharmasindhu · Thursday 23 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

19:34–20:22

48 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01⁠–⁠20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:34 to 20:22.

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Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules

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Why is Diwali on Wed 22 Oct or Thu 23 Oct in Davinópolis?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 22 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Thu 23 Oct.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01⁠–⁠20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:22.

Chaturdashi until 18:05, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:05 to 18:56 Thu.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:56; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:05 Wed to 18:56.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.

Smarta · Vaishnava

Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya runs from 18:05 on Wed 22 Oct to 18:56 on Thu 23 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Wed 22 Oct.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Thu 23 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 18:56.

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.