When is Diwali 2025: As always, Diwali is celebrated with great pomp and show. Diwali will be celebrated on Monday, November 20, 2025. According to astrology, a wonderful planetary alignment is forming on Diwali, making the festival even more auspicious. Worshipping Goddess Lakshmi will be even more fruitful and bring happiness and prosperity to the home.
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When is Diwali 2025 Amavasya date?
According to astrology, the Diwali Amavasya date will begin at 3:44 pm on Monday and will last until 5:54 pm on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Therefore, this festival of Diwali will be celebrated on Monday, October 20, 2025.
Amazing combination of planets
On Diwali, three planets are aligned, with Mars, Sun, and Mercury converging. This effect is considered auspicious for people of all zodiac signs. It is customary to perform Diwali puja on Kartik Amavasya in a stable ascendant. Many people worship Goddess Lakshmi in a stable ascendant.
Those who worship Mahalakshmi in a stable ascendant will experience stability in their homes. There are four stable ascendants. In which Taurus is first, Leo second, Scorpio third, and Aquarius fourth. Auspicious Muhurats for Lakshmi Puja 2025 (October 20-21, 2025)
Auspicious time for Lakshmi Puja 2025
Pradosh Kaal Muhurat
Lakshmi Puja Muhurat: 7:34 PM to 8:40 PM
Duration: 1 hour 06 minutes
Pradosh Kaal: 6:09 PM to 8:40 PM
Vrishabha Kaal: 7:34 PM to 9:31 PM
Nishita Kaal Muhurat
Lakshmi Puja Muhurat: 12:01 AM to 12:51 AM
Duration: 00 hours 50 minutes
Nishita Kaal: 12:01 AM to 12:51 AM
Leo Ascendant: From 2:02 AM until 4:16 PM
Choghadiya for laxmi Puja Muhurat (Auspicious for Diwali Lakshmi Puja)
Afternoon Muhurat (Char, Labh, Amrit): 3:44 PM to 6:09 PM
Evening Muhurat (Char): 6:09 PM to 7:44 PM
Night Muhurat (Labh): 10:52 PM to 12:26 AM
Dawn Muhurat (Shubh, Amrit, Char): 2:00 AM to 6:42 AM
When is Dhanteras 2025?
According to the calendar, the Krishna Paksha Trayodashi Tithi of Kartik month will begin at 12:18 pm on Saturday, October 18, 2025, and end at 1:51 pm on Sunday, October 19, 2025. Due to Pradosh Kaal, Dhanteras will be celebrated on October 18.
Preparing for Lakshmi Puja
- First, clean your house thoroughly in the morning.
- After bathing, light a lamp in the home temple.
- Before performing the evening puja, purify the entire house by sprinkling Ganga water.
- Place a platform and spread a red cloth on it.
- Place a handful of wheat in the center of the cloth, and place a pot filled with water on top of the wheat.
- Now place a coin, betel nut, marigold flower, and rice grains inside the pot.
- Also, place five mango leaves and Ashoka leaves on the pot. Cover the pot with a small plate and place rice on top.
- Place the idols of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha on a plate and bathe them with a mixture of milk, yogurt, honey, basil, and Ganga water.
- After this, bathe them with clean water and place them on a platform. (Draw a square with turmeric in the space left on the platform next to the pot and place the idol of Goddess Lakshmi on it.) Make sure that the idol of Lord Ganesha is placed to the right of Goddess Lakshmi.
- Apply a tilak to the idols of Lakshmi and Ganesha. Then, adorn Lakshmi and Ganesha with garlands and offer flowers and rice grains.
- After this, keep toys, sticks, sweets, fruits, money, and gold ornaments in front of Lakshmi Ganesh ji.
- After this, keep turmeric kumkum. And Akshat in a plate and also light a lamp. (Take two big lamps and fill one with ghee and the other with oil. Place one at the feet of the idols and the other on the right side of the pedestal. Apart from this, keep a small lamp near Ganesha too.)
- After this, meditate on Goddess Lakshmi with flowers and rice in your hand.
- After this, the entire family should listen to the story of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi together and then perform the aarti of Goddess Lakshmi.
Namaste Sarvadevanam Varadasi Hare Priya. Ya gatistvprapannaan sa me bhuyatvadarchanat ॥
Or
Vishnupriya Namastubhyam Namastubhyam Jagaddhite
Artihantri Namastebhyam Samriddhi, Always in Kuru.
Namo Namaste Mahamaya Shri Pethe Sur Pujite
Shankha Chakram Gada Haste Mahalakshmi Namostute.
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