Diwali 2025 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:20–20:14, Mon 20 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 2025 in Diffa?
Monday 20 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 20 Oct in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:47–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:20 to 20:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2025 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 20 Oct in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 20 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:47–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:20 to 20:14.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:47–20:14. Amavasya: 11:15 to 13:25 Tue.
Amavasya ended at 13:25; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 11:15 on Mon 20 Oct to 13:25 on Tue 21 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:47–20:14) 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.