Ahoi Ashtami 2005 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Ahoi Ashtami puja muhurat 18:00–20:29, Mon 24 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Ahoi Ashtami 2005 in Pāthardi?
Monday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 24 Oct in PāthardiAhoi Ashtami puja muhurat: what time?
Ahoi Ashtami timings: fast, puja, stars
- Monday 24 October
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06:26–18:00Fastsunrise to sunset · Tithika’s convention
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18:00–20:29Ahoi Ashtami puja muhuratin pradosha · Tithika’s convention
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18:00Star sighting (tara darshan)the fast ends · Tithika’s convention
Why is Ahoi Ashtami on Mon 24 Oct in Pāthardi?
Ahoi Ashtami is on Mon 24 Oct: Ashtami holds all of pradosha that evening.
Ashtami holds all of pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Ashtami: 17:38 to 19:59 Tue.
Ashtami holds pradosha only until 19:59; then Navami. Ashtami: 17:38 Mon to 19:59.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Ahoi Ashtami’s puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Ashtami began at 17:38 on Mon 24 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:59 on Tue 25 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Ashtami fills: Mon 24 Oct. No text giving Ahoi Ashtami’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Ahoi Ashtami’s puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Ashtami holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.