Diwali 2051 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 2 Nov or Fri 3 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Diwali 2051 in Sevan?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Thursday 2 November
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Friday 3 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 2 Nov in SevanDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thursday 2 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:39. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:33 to 20:22.
Dharmasindhu · Friday 3 November
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:29 to 20:18.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2051 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 2 Nov or Fri 3 Nov in Sevan?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 2 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:39. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:33 to 20:22.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:55–20:39. Amavasya: 16:17 to 18:59 Fri.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:59; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 16:17 Thu to 18:59.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 16:17 on Thu 2 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:59 on Fri 3 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Thu 2 Nov.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 3 Nov, where it holds pradosha until 18:59.
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.