Diwali 2021 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:21–20:10, Thu 4 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 2021 in Diffa?
Thursday 4 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 4 Nov in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:21 to 20:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
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Why is Diwali on Thu 4 Nov in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 4 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:21 to 20:10.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 01:33 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Amavasya: 01:33 to 22:14.
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 01:33 on Thu 4 Nov to 22:14 on Thu 4 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:41–20:10) 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.