Diwali 2017 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:53–20:22, Wed 18 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2017 in Davinópolis?
Wednesday 18 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 18 Oct in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:53 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2017 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 18 Oct in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 18 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:53 to 20:22.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Amavasya: 15:43 to 16:12 Thu.
Amavasya ended at 16:12; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 15:43 Wed to 16:12.
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 15:43 on Wed 18 Oct to 16:12 on Thu 19 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:01–20:22) 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.