Diwali is a time for light, love and togetherness. May this festival bring joy and prosperity to your home (Photo: Pinterest)
The financial capital Mumbai is celebrating Diwali today on Monday, October 20, 2025 with huge excitement and enthusiasm. For conducting the holy Maa Lakshmi Puja, the favorable muhurat in Mumbai is between 7:41 PM to 8:41 PM IST, giving devotees an hour to pray to Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha. This timing is within the Pradosh Kaal, i.e., from 6:12 PM to 8:40 PM, and coincides with the Vrishabha Kaal or Taurus Lagna, which is a stable and very auspicious astrological time for starting rituals.
In Mumbai, the duration of Lakshmi Puja during Diwali night is precisely 1 hour, within the best Vrishabha Kaal that represents stability and prosperity. This is believed to be the most auspicious time to call upon Goddess Lakshmi to bless them with prosperity and happiness. Worshippers get ready sanctified puja areas decorated with rangoli, flowers, and hundreds of lamps to light up homes and hearts. Conducting the puja in this very muhurat maximizes spiritual vibrations to attract financial and personal prosperity during the year.
The Amavasya Tithi, the new moon day and a religiously auspicious time, starts at 3:44 PM today on October 20 and ends at 5:54 PM tomorrow on October 21, 2025 in Mumbai. As the Pradosh Kaal coincides with the Amavasya Tithi on Diwali night, this conjunction adds to the auspiciousness of the Lakshmi Puja, multiplying the spiritual power and blessings given by the goddess to her worshippers.
Diwali in Mumbai represents the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil, celebrated with great zeal and colourful rituals. The puja of Goddess Lakshmi within this sacred window is believed to bring prosperity, peace, and success. With Mumbai’s homes and streets lit up by countless diyas and decorations, the festival is a grand ode to wealth (both material and spiritual). Devotees invoke Lord Ganesha alongside Lakshmi to remove obstacles, marking a fresh start filled with hope, harmony, and fortune.
