Diwali 2028 in Baoding, Hebei, China Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:55–20:11, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Diwali 2028 in Baoding?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in BaodingDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:36–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:55 to 20:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2028 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 17 Oct in Baoding?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:36–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:55 to 20:11.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:36–20:11. Amavasya: 14:35 to 10:56 Wed.
Amavasya ended at 10:56; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 14:35 on Tue 17 Oct to 10:56 on Wed 18 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:36–20:11) 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.