Diwali 2078 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:35–20:25, Fri 4 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2078 in Pāthardi?
Friday 4 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 4 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:35 to 20:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2078 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 4 Nov in Pāthardi?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 4 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:35 to 20:25.
Chaturdashi until 19:50, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:50 to 22:27 Fri.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:54–20:25. Amavasya: 19:50 Thu to 22:27.
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 19:50 on Thu 3 Nov to 22:27 on Fri 4 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Fri 4 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.