Diwali 2017 in Codcod, Western Visayas, Philippines Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:07–19:53, Thu 19 Oct
Festival · times in PST
When is Diwali 2017 in Codcod?
Thursday 19 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 19 Oct in CodcodDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–19:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 19:53.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2017 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 19 Oct in Codcod?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 19 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–19:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 19:53.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 02:43 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:28–19:53. Amavasya: 02:43 to 03:12 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 02:43 on Thu 19 Oct to 03:12 on Fri 20 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:28–19:53) 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.