Diwali 2024 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Thu 31 Oct or Fri 1 Nov

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Diwali 2024 in Pāthardi?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Thursday 31 October

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Friday 1 November

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Thu 31 Oct in Pāthardi

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Thursday 31 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:47–20:26

1 h 39 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55⁠–⁠20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:47 to 20:26.

Dharmasindhu · Friday 1 November

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:44–20:26

1 h 42 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55⁠–⁠20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:44 to 20:26.

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Why is Diwali on Thu 31 Oct or Fri 1 Nov in Pāthardi?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 31 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55⁠–⁠20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:47 to 20:26.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:55–20:26. Amavasya: 15:53 to 18:17 Fri.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:17; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 15:53 Thu to 18:17.

One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.

Smarta · Vaishnava

Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 15:53 on Thu 31 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:17 on Fri 1 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Thu 31 Oct.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 1 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 18:17.

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.