Diwali 2016 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:51–20:27, Sun 30 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2016 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 30 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 30 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2016 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 30 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 30 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:27.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 20:40. Amavasya: 20:40 to 23:08 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:56–20:27. Amavasya: 20:40 Sat to 23:08.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 20:40 on Sat 29 Oct to 23:08 on Sun 30 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:56–20:27) 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.