Diwali 2031 in Diffa, Niger Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:44–19:46, Fri 14 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Diwali 2031 in Diffa?
Friday 14 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 14 Nov in DiffaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:44 to 19:46.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2031 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 14 Nov in Diffa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 14 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:44 to 19:46.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 23:54.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Amavasya: 23:54 Thu to 22:09.
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 23:54 on Thu 13 Nov to 22:09 on Fri 14 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:39–20:09) 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.