Diwali 2056 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:25–20:25, Mon 6 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2056 in Pāthardi?
Monday 6 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 6 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:25 to 20:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2056 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 6 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 6 Nov: Amavasya touches pradosha on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:25 to 20:25.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 21:39. Amavasya: 21:39 to 17:51 Tue.
Amavasya ended at 17:51; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 21:39 Mon to 17:51.
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 21:39 on Mon 6 Nov to 17:51 on Tue 7 Nov, between the two evenings’ pradosha, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Mon 6 Nov. 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.