Diwali 2021 in Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:27–19:25, Thu 4 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Diwali 2021 in Doha?
Thursday 4 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 4 Nov in DohaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:51–19:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:27 to 19:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2021 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 4 Nov in Doha?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 4 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:51–19:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:27 to 19:25.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 03:33 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 16:51–19:25. Amavasya: 03:33 to 00:14 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (AST). 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 03:33 on Thu 4 Nov to 00:14 on Fri 5 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (16:51–19:25) 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.