Diwali 2018 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Tue 6 Nov or Wed 7 Nov
Festival · times in CET
When is Diwali 2018 in Myjava?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Tuesday 6 November
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Wednesday 7 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 6 Nov in MyjavaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Tuesday 6 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:21–19:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:41 to 18:22.
Dharmasindhu · Wednesday 7 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:20–19:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:37 to 18:18.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2018 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 6 Nov or Wed 7 Nov in Myjava?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 6 Nov: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Wed 7 Nov.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:21–19:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:41 to 18:22.
Chaturdashi until 17:57, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 17:57 to 17:02 Wed.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 17:02; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 17:57 Tue to 17:02.
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 17:57 on Tue 6 Nov to 17:02 on Wed 7 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Tue 6 Nov.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Wed 7 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 17:02.
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.