Diwali 2024 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:38–20:26, Thu 31 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Diwali 2024 in Sevan?
Thursday 31 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 31 Oct in SevanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:40. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:38 to 20:26.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2024 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 31 Oct in Sevan?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 31 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:40. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:38 to 20:26.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:57–20:40. Amavasya: 14:23 to 16:47 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 16:47; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 14:23 Thu to 16:47.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 14:23 on Thu 31 Oct to 16:47 on Fri 1 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:57–20:40) 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.