Diwali 2014 in Myshkin, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:34–19:59, Thu 23 Oct
Festival · times in MSK
When is Diwali 2014 in Myshkin?
Thursday 23 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 23 Oct in MyshkinDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:34 to 19:59.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2014 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 23 Oct in Myshkin?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 23 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:34 to 19:59.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 01:05 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:53. Amavasya: 01:05 to 01:56 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 01:05 on Thu 23 Oct to 01:56 on Fri 24 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:01–20:53) 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.