Diwali 2016 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Sat 29 Oct or Sun 30 Oct

Festival · times in CEST

When is Diwali 2016 in Myjava?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Saturday 29 October

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Sunday 30 October

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Sat 29 Oct in Myjava

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Saturday 29 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:11–19:52

1 h 41 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:33⁠–⁠20:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 19:52.

Dharmasindhu · Sunday 30 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

17:07–18:48

1 h 41 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:32⁠–⁠19:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:07 to 18:48.

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Why is Diwali on Sat 29 Oct or Sun 30 Oct in Myjava?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 29 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:33⁠–⁠20:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 19:52.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:33–20:21. Amavasya: 17:10 to 18:38 Sun.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:38; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 17:10 Sat to 18:38.

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 17:10 on Sat 29 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:38 on Sun 30 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Sat 29 Oct.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Sun 30 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 18:38.

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.