Dhanteras 1900 in Thazhecode, Kerala Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:27–20:23, Sat 20 Oct
Kerala, India
Festival · times in MMT
When is Dhanteras 1900 in Thazhecode?
Saturday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 20 Oct in ThazhecodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:27 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1900 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 20 Oct in Thazhecode?
Dhanteras is on Sat 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:27 to 20:23.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:57–20:23. Trayodashi: 11:17 to 13:50 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 13:50; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi runs from 11:17 on Sat 20 Oct to 13:50 on Sun 21 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:57–20:23) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Trayodashi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.