Diwali 2027 in Ōtsuchi, Iwate, Japan Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:25–19:14, Fri 29 Oct
Festival · times in JST
When is Diwali 2027 in Ōtsuchi?
Friday 29 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 29 Oct in ŌtsuchiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:35–19:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:25 to 19:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2027 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 29 Oct in Ōtsuchi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 29 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:35–19:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:25 to 19:14.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 00:18 Fri.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 16:35–19:15. Amavasya: 00:18 to 22:36.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+9). 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 00:18 on Fri 29 Oct to 22:36 on Fri 29 Oct, so only Friday’s pradosha (16:35–19:15) 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.