Dhanteras 1908 in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:01–20:01, Thu 22 Oct
Festival · times in LMT
When is Dhanteras 1908 in Offa?
Thursday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 22 Oct in OffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:36–20:01. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:01 to 20:01.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1908 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 22 Oct in Offa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:36–20:01. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:01 to 20:01.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:37 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:36–20:01. Trayodashi: 02:37 to 04:30 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+0:13). 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 02:37 on Thu 22 Oct to 04:30 on Fri 23 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:36–20:01) 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.