Diwali 2017 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:51–20:32, Thu 19 Oct
Festival · times in CEST
When is Diwali 2017 in Myjava?
Thursday 19 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 19 Oct in MyjavaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2017 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 19 Oct in Myjava?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 19 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:32.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 20:43. Amavasya: 20:43 to 21:12 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:52–20:33. Amavasya: 20:43 Wed to 21:12.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 20:43 on Wed 18 Oct to 21:12 on Thu 19 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:52–20:33) 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.