Diwali 2042 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:03–20:03, Wed 12 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2042 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 12 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 12 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:03 to 20:03.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2042 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 12 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 12 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:03 to 20:03.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 23:30.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Amavasya: 23:30 Tue to 01:58 Thu.
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 23:30 on Tue 11 Nov to 01:58 on Thu 13 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:51–20:24) 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.