Diwali 2027 in Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:13–19:59, Fri 29 Oct
Festival · times in PKT
When is Diwali 2027 in Upper Dir?
Friday 29 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 29 Oct in Upper DirDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:21–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:13 to 19:59.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2027 page:
Why is Diwali on Fri 29 Oct in Upper Dir?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Fri 29 Oct: Amavasya touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:21–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:13 to 19:59.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 20:18. Amavasya: 20:18 to 18:36 Fri.
Amavasya holds pradosha only until 18:36; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 20:18 Thu to 18:36.
One row per day, on one clock (PKT). 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 20:18 on Thu 28 Oct to 18:36 on Fri 29 Oct, so it touches only Friday’s pradosha (17:21–19:59). 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.