Diwali 2027 in Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia Thu 28 Oct or Fri 29 Oct
Festival · times in MSK
When is Diwali 2027 in Bor?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Thursday 28 October
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Friday 29 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 28 Oct in BorDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thursday 28 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:31–19:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:00 to 18:29.
Dharmasindhu · Friday 29 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:29–19:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:56 to 18:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2027 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 28 Oct or Fri 29 Oct in Bor?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 28 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 29 Oct.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:31–19:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:00 to 18:29.
Chaturdashi until 18:18, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 18:18 to 16:36 Fri.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 16:36; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:18 Thu to 16:36.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 18:18 on Thu 28 Oct to 16:36 on Fri 29 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 28 Oct.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 29 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 16:36.
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.