Dhanteras 1903 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:30–20:24, Sun 18 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in MMT
When is Dhanteras 1903 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 18 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1903 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 18 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Sun 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:24.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:47 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:56–20:24. Trayodashi: 02:47 to 00:33 Mon.
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 02:47 on Sun 18 Oct to 00:33 on Mon 19 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:56–20:24) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.