Diwali 2023 in Codcod, Western Visayas, Philippines Sun 12 Nov or Mon 13 Nov
Festival · times in PST
When is Diwali 2023 in Codcod?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Sunday 12 November
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Monday 13 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 12 Nov in CodcodDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Sunday 12 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:21–19:49. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:34 to 19:38.
Dharmasindhu · Monday 13 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:21–19:49. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:31 to 19:34.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
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Why is Diwali on Sun 12 Nov or Mon 13 Nov in Codcod?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 12 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:21–19:49. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:34 to 19:38.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:21–19:49. Amavasya: 17:15 to 17:27 Mon.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 17:27; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 17:15 Sun to 17:27.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 17:15 on Sun 12 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 17:27 on Mon 13 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Sun 12 Nov.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Mon 13 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 17:27.
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.