Diwali 2027 in Kiunga, Western Province, Papua New Guinea Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:40–20:48, Fri 29 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+10
When is Diwali 2027 in Kiunga?
Friday 29 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 29 Oct in KiungaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:27–20:48. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:40 to 20:48.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2027 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 29 Oct in Kiunga?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 29 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:27–20:48. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:40 to 20:48.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 01:18 Fri.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:27–20:48. Amavasya: 01:18 to 23:36.
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 01:18 on Fri 29 Oct to 23:36 on Fri 29 Oct, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:27–20:48) 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.