Diwali 2028 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:19–20:31, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Diwali 2028 in Maclear?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in MaclearDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:19–20:31. No fixed (sthira) lagna rises within pradosha here, so the whole of pradosha is given.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2028 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 17 Oct in Maclear?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 08:35 Tue.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:19–20:31. Amavasya: 08:35 to 04:56 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 08:35 on Tue 17 Oct to 04:56 on Wed 18 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:19–20:31) 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.