Diwali 2016 in Şefaatlı, Yozgat, Turkey Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:25–20:14, Sun 30 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Diwali 2016 in Şefaatlı?
Sunday 30 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 30 Oct in ŞefaatlıDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:41–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:25 to 20:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
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Why is Diwali on Sun 30 Oct in Şefaatlı?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 30 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:41–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:25 to 20:14.
Chaturdashi until 18:10, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:10 to 20:38 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:41–20:22. Amavasya: 18:10 Sat to 20:38.
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 20:38 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.