Diwali 2027 in Bugembe, Eastern Region, Uganda Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:46–20:56, Thu 28 Oct
Festival · times in EAT
When is Diwali 2027 in Bugembe?
Thursday 28 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 28 Oct in BugembeDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:33–20:56. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:46 to 20:56.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2027 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 28 Oct in Bugembe?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 28 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:33–20:56. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:46 to 20:56.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:33–20:56. Amavasya: 18:18 to 16:36 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 16:36; pradosha is 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, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:33–20:56) 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.