Dhanteras 1908 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:22–20:13, Thu 22 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1908 in Cuenca?
Thursday 22 October
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Full panchang for Thu 22 Oct in CuencaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:22 to 20:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1908 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 22 Oct in Cuenca?
Dhanteras is on Thu 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:22 to 20:13.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:09. Trayodashi: 21:09 to 23:03 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:52–20:13. Trayodashi: 21:09 Wed to 23:03.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5:14). 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 21:09 on Wed 21 Oct to 23:03 on Thu 22 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:52–20:13) 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.