Diwali 2018 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:39–20:23, Tue 6 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2018 in Davinópolis?
Tuesday 6 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 6 Nov in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:39 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2018 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 6 Nov in Davinópolis?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 6 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:39 to 20:23.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:23. Amavasya: 13:57 to 13:02 Wed.
Amavasya ended at 13:02; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 13:57 on Tue 6 Nov to 13:02 on Wed 7 Nov, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:03–20:23) 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.