Diwali 2026 in Whatcom, British Columbia, Canada Lakshmi Puja muhurat 16:51–18:31, Sun 8 Nov
Festival · times in PST
When is Diwali 2026 in Whatcom?
Sunday 8 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 8 Nov in WhatcomDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:36–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:51 to 19:31.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2026 page:
Why is Diwali on Sun 8 Nov in Whatcom?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sun 8 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:36–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:51 to 19:31.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 22:58. Amavasya: 22:58 to 00:02 Mon.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:36–20:31. Amavasya: 22:58 Sat to 00:02 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−8). 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 22:58 on Sat 7 Nov to 00:02 on Mon 9 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:36–20:31) 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.