Diwali 2027 in Rustaq, Al Batinah South, Oman Thu 28 Oct or Fri 29 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Diwali 2027 in Rustaq?
Smarta · Vaishnava
Thursday 28 October
Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta
Friday 29 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 28 Oct in RustaqDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thursday 28 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:34–20:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:06.
Dharmasindhu · Friday 29 October
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:34–20:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:33 to 20:06.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2027 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 28 Oct or Fri 29 Oct in Rustaq?
Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 28 Oct: Amavasya holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 29 Oct.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:34–20:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:06.
Chaturdashi until 19:18, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:18 to 17:36 Fri.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 17:36; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 19:18 Thu to 17:36.
One row per day, on one clock (GST). 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 19:18 on Thu 28 Oct to 17:36 on Fri 29 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 28 Oct.
Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 29 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 17:36.
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.