Diwali 2026 in Vaitoare, Austral Islands, French Polynesia Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:43–20:28, Sun 8 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−10
When is Diwali 2026 in Vaitoare?
Sunday 8 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 8 Nov in VaitoareDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:14–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:43 to 20:28.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2026 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 8 Nov in Vaitoare?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 8 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:14–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:43 to 20:28.
Chaturdashi until 19:58, inside pradosha; then Amavasya. Amavasya: 19:58 to 21:02 Sun.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:14–20:28. Amavasya: 19:58 Sat to 21:02.
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 19:58 on Sat 7 Nov to 21:02 on Sun 8 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sun 8 Nov. 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.