Lamps lit in a row at dusk.

Festival · 2005

Deepavali 2005

Falls on 1 November 2005 in Ahmedabad, as computed from the real sky for that city.

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Today's three riddles

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The day, for Ahmedabad

1 November 2005

Kept on the day its tithi runs at dusk (pradosh).

Tithi
Krishna Chaturdashi · until 06:52then Krishna Amavasya from 06:52, the tithi this festival keeps
Nakshatra
Chitra
Sunrise – Sunset
06:44 – 18:01
Abhijit Muhurta
12:00 – 12:45
The full day →

The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.

What the day is

The darkest night of the year, and the tradition's answer to it is not to wait for light but to make it. A row of lamps against an amavasya.

One act for the day

Light a lamp for someone who is sitting in the dark. Not metaphorically — find the person and do something.

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