Diwali 2015 in Diffa, Niger Tue 10 Nov or Wed 11 Nov

Festival · times in WAT

When is Diwali 2015 in Diffa?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Tuesday 10 November

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Wednesday 11 November

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Tue 10 Nov in Diffa

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Tuesday 10 November

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

17:59–20:01

2 h 2 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40⁠–⁠20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 20:01.

Dharmasindhu · Wednesday 11 November

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

17:55–19:58

2 h 3 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40⁠–⁠20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:55 to 19:58.

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Why is Diwali on Tue 10 Nov or Wed 11 Nov in Diffa?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 10 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40⁠–⁠20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 20:01.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Amavasya: 16:53 to 18:47 Wed.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:47; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 16:53 Tue to 18:47.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 16:53 on Tue 10 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:47 on Wed 11 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Tue 10 Nov.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Wed 11 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 18:47.

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.