Diwali 2014 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Wed 22 Oct or Thu 23 Oct

Festival · times in UTC−2

When is Diwali 2014 in Ipameri?

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 Ipameri

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Wednesday 22 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

20:59–21:32

33 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:15⁠–⁠21:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:59 to 21:32.

Dharmasindhu · Thursday 23 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

20:55–21:32

37 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:15⁠–⁠21:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:55 to 21:32.

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

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

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:15⁠–⁠21:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:59 to 21:32.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 19:15–21:32. Amavasya: 19:05 to 19:56 Thu.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 19:56; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 19:05 Wed to 19:56.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC−2). 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 began at 19:05 on Wed 22 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:56 on Thu 23 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: 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 19:56.

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.