Diwali 2027 in Faaa, Îles du Vent, French Polynesia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:21–20:18, Thu 28 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−10
When is Diwali 2027 in Faaa?
Thursday 28 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 28 Oct in FaaaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:21 to 20:18.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2027 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 28 Oct in Faaa?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 28 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:21 to 20:18.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 05:18 Thu.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:18. Amavasya: 05:18 to 03:36 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−10). 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 05:18 on Thu 28 Oct to 03:36 on Fri 29 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:03–20:18) 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.