Diwali 2046 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:02–20:27, Sun 28 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2046 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 28 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 28 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:02 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2046 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 28 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 28 Oct: Amavasya touches pradosha on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:02 to 20:27.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 20:29. Amavasya: 20:29 to 16:47 Mon.
Amavasya ended at 16:47; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 20:29 Sun to 16:47.
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 20:29 on Sun 28 Oct to 16:47 on Mon 29 Oct, between the two evenings’ pradosha, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Sun 28 Oct. 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.