Diwali 2026 in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:43–20:32, Sun 8 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+10
When is Diwali 2026 in Goroka?
Sunday 8 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 8 Nov in GorokaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:43 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2026 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 8 Nov in Goroka?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 8 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:43 to 20:32.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:12–20:32. Amavasya: 15:58 to 17:02 Mon.
Amavasya ended at 17:02; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 15:58 Sun to 17:02.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+10). 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 15:58 on Sun 8 Nov to 17:02 on Mon 9 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:12–20:32) 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.