Ahoi Ashtami 2012 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Ahoi Ashtami puja muhurat 17:53–20:25, Tue 6 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Ahoi Ashtami 2012 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 6 Nov in PāthardiAhoi Ashtami puja muhurat: what time?
Ahoi Ashtami timings: fast, puja, stars
- Tuesday 6 November
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06:32–17:53Fastsunrise to sunset · Tithika’s convention
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17:53–20:25Ahoi Ashtami puja muhuratin pradosha · Tithika’s convention
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17:53Star sighting (tara darshan)the fast ends · Tithika’s convention
Why is Ahoi Ashtami on Tue 6 Nov in Pāthardi?
Ahoi Ashtami is on Tue 6 Nov: Ashtami holds all of pradosha that evening.
Ashtami holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Ashtami: 17:37 to 18:22 Wed.
Ashtami holds pradosha only until 18:22; then Navami. Ashtami: 17:37 Tue to 18:22.
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 17:37 on Tue 6 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:22 on Wed 7 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Ashtami fills: Tue 6 Nov. 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.