Diwali 2016 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:59–19:51, Sun 30 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Diwali 2016 in Chahārbāgh?
Sunday 30 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 30 Oct in ChahārbāghDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:13–19:52. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 19:51.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2016 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 30 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 30 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:13–19:52. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 19:51.
Chaturdashi until 18:40, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:40 to 21:08 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:13–19:52. Amavasya: 18:40 Sat to 21:08.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 18:40 on Sat 29 Oct to 21:08 on Sun 30 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sun 30 Oct. 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.