Diwali 2025 in Baoding, Hebei, China Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:41–20:08, Tue 21 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Diwali 2025 in Baoding?
Tuesday 21 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 21 Oct in BaodingDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:31–20:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:41 to 20:08.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2025 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 21 Oct in Baoding?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 21 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:31–20:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:41 to 20:08.
Chaturdashi until 18:15, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:15 to 20:25 Tue.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:31–20:08. Amavasya: 18:15 Mon to 20:25.
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 runs from 18:15 on Mon 20 Oct to 20:25 on Tue 21 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Tue 21 Oct. 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.