Diwali 2028 in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:15–20:42, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in CDT
When is Diwali 2028 in Appleton?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in AppletonDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:15 to 20:42.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
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Why is Diwali on Tue 17 Oct in Appleton?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:15 to 20:42.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 01:35 Tue.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:05–20:42. Amavasya: 01:35 to 21:56.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 01:35 on Tue 17 Oct to 21:56 on Tue 17 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:05–20:42) 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.