Diwali 2025 in Bothell, Washington, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:08–20:50, Mon 20 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Diwali 2025 in Bothell?
Monday 20 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 20 Oct in BothellDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:10–20:51. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:08 to 20:50.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2025 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 20 Oct in Bothell?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 20 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:10–20:51. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:08 to 20:50.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 03:15 Mon.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:10–20:51. Amavasya: 03:15 to 05:25 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). 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 03:15 on Mon 20 Oct to 05:25 on Tue 21 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:10–20:51) 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.