Diwali 2016 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:27–19:07, Sun 30 Oct
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When is Diwali 2016 in Khmelnytskyi?
Sunday 30 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 30 Oct in KhmelnytskyiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:27 to 19:07.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2016 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 30 Oct in Khmelnytskyi?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 30 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sat 29 Oct.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:27 to 19:07.
Chaturdashi until 18:10, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:10 to 19:38 Sun.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 19:38; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:10 Sat to 19:38.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 18:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 19:38 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.