Diwali 2017 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:24–20:14, Thu 19 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 2017 in Diffa?
Thursday 19 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 19 Oct in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:24 to 20:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2017 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 19 Oct in Diffa?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 19 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Wed 18 Oct.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:24 to 20:14.
Chaturdashi until 19:43, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:43 to 20:12 Thu.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 20:12; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 19:43 Wed to 20:12.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 19:43 on Wed 18 Oct to 20:12 on Thu 19 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 19 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.