Diwali 2017 in Atliaca, Guerrero, Mexico Lakshmi Puja muhurat 20:48–21:41, Wed 18 Oct
Festival · times in CDT
When is Diwali 2017 in Atliaca?
Wednesday 18 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 18 Oct in AtliacaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:13–21:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:48 to 21:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2017 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 18 Oct in Atliaca?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 18 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:13–21:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:48 to 21:41.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 19:13–21:41. Amavasya: 13:43 to 14:12 Thu.
Amavasya ended at 14:12; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 13:43 on Wed 18 Oct to 14:12 on Thu 19 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (19:13–21:41) 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.