Diwali 2028 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:31–20:15, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 2028 in Diffa?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:49–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:31 to 20:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2028 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 17 Oct in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:49–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:31 to 20:15.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 07:35 Tue.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:49–20:15. Amavasya: 07:35 to 03:56 Wed.
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 07:35 on Tue 17 Oct to 03:56 on Wed 18 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:49–20:15) 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.