Diwali 2014 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:09–20:13, Thu 23 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 2014 in Diffa?
Thursday 23 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 23 Oct in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:09 to 20:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2014 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 23 Oct in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 23 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:09 to 20:13.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 22:05. Amavasya: 22:05 to 22:56 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Amavasya: 22:05 Wed to 22:56.
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 22:05 on Wed 22 Oct to 22:56 on Thu 23 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:46–20:13) 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.