Diwali 2085 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Wed 17 Oct or Thu 18 Oct

Festival · times in CET

When is Diwali 2085 in Myjava?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Wednesday 17 October

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Thursday 18 October

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Wed 17 Oct in Myjava

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Wednesday 17 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:00–19:35

1 h 35 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55⁠–⁠20:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:00 to 20:35.

Dharmasindhu · Thursday 18 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

17:56–19:33

1 h 37 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53⁠–⁠20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:56 to 20:33.

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Why is Diwali on Wed 17 Oct or Thu 18 Oct in Myjava?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 17 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55⁠–⁠20:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:00 to 20:35.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:55–20:35. Amavasya: 17:41 to 19:01 Thu.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 19:01; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 17:41 Wed to 19:01.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.

Smarta · Vaishnava

Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 17:41 on Wed 17 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:01 on Thu 18 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Wed 17 Oct.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Thu 18 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 19:01.

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.