Diwali 2026 in Dhamda, Chhattisgarh Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:50–19:49, Sun 8 Nov
Chhattisgarh, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2026 in Dhamda?
Sunday 8 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 8 Nov in DhamdaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:25–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:50 to 19:49.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2026 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 8 Nov in Dhamda?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 8 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:25–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:50 to 19:49.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:25–19:58. Amavasya: 11:28 to 12:32 Mon.
Amavasya ended at 12:32; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 11:28 on Sun 8 Nov to 12:32 on Mon 9 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:25–19:58) 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.