Diwali 2098 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:22–20:29, Thu 23 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2098 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 23 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 23 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 19:22 to 20:29.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2098 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 23 Oct in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 23 Oct: Amavasya touches 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 19:22 to 20:29.
Chaturdashi until 18:29, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:29 to 16:20 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 16:20; pradosha is Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:29 Thu to 16:20.
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 18:29 on Thu 23 Oct to 16:20 on Fri 24 Oct, so it touches only Thursday’s pradosha (18:00–20:29). 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.