Diwali 2082 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:30–20:30, Wed 21 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2082 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 21 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 21 Oct in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:30.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2082 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 21 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 21 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:30.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 04:13 Wed.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:30. Amavasya: 04:13 to 00:21 Thu.
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 04:13 on Wed 21 Oct to 00:21 on Thu 22 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:01–20:30) 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.