Diwali 2031 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Thu 13 Nov or Fri 14 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Diwali 2031 in Davinópolis?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Thursday 13 November
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Friday 14 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 13 Nov in DavinópolisDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thursday 13 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:13 to 20:22.
Dharmasindhu · Friday 14 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:09 to 20:18.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2031 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 13 Nov or Fri 14 Nov in Davinópolis?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 13 Nov: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 14 Nov.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:13 to 20:22.
Chaturdashi until 19:54, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:54 to 18:09 Fri.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:09; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 19:54 Thu to 18:09.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 19:54 on Thu 13 Nov to 18:09 on Fri 14 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 13 Nov.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 14 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 18:09.
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.