Diwali 2030 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:58–20:12, Sat 26 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 2030 in Diffa?
Saturday 26 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 26 Oct in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:58 to 20:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2030 page:
Why is Diwali on Sat 26 Oct in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 26 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:58 to 20:12.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 00:11 Sat.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Amavasya: 00:11 to 21:17.
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 00:11 on Sat 26 Oct to 21:17 on Sat 26 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:44–20:12) 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.