Diwali 2026 in Nueva Loja, Sucumbíos, Ecuador Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:22–20:17, Sun 8 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−5
When is Diwali 2026 in Nueva Loja?
Sunday 8 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 8 Nov in Nueva LojaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:17. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:22 to 20:17.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2026 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 8 Nov in Nueva Loja?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 8 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:17. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:22 to 20:17.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 00:58 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:54–20:17. Amavasya: 00:58 to 02:02 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 00:58 on Sun 8 Nov to 02:02 on Mon 9 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:54–20:17) 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.