Diwali 2074 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:38–20:31, Fri 19 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2074 in Pāthardi?
Friday 19 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 19 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:31.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2074 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 19 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 19 Oct: Amavasya touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:31.
Chaturdashi until 19:53, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:53 to 16:42 Sat.
Amavasya ended at 16:42; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 19:53 Fri to 16:42.
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 19:53 on Fri 19 Oct to 16:42 on Sat 20 Oct, so it touches only Friday’s pradosha (18:03–20:31). 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.