Diwali 2081 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:50–20:26, Fri 31 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2081 in Pāthardi?
Friday 31 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 31 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:50 to 20:26.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2081 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 31 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 31 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:50 to 20:26.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:55–20:26. Amavasya: 11:42 to 08:35 Sat.
Amavasya ended at 08:35; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 11:42 on Fri 31 Oct to 08:35 on Sat 1 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:55–20:26) 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.