Diwali 2028 in Vapi, Gujarat Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:50–20:41, Tue 17 Oct
Gujarat, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2028 in Vapi?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in VapiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:50 to 20:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2028 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 17 Oct in Vapi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:50 to 20:41.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:12–20:41. Amavasya: 12:05 to 08:26 Wed.
Amavasya ended at 08:26; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 12:05 on Tue 17 Oct to 08:26 on Wed 18 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:12–20:41) 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.