Diwali 2079 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:19–20:29, Tue 24 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2079 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 24 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 24 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:19 to 20:29.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2079 page:
Why is Diwali on Tue 24 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Tue 24 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:19 to 20:29.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 23:08.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Amavasya: 23:08 Mon to 23:50.
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 23:08 on Mon 23 Oct to 23:50 on Tue 24 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:00–20:29) falls within it. 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.