Dhanteras 1908 in Same, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:22–20:11, Thu 22 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+2:30
When is Dhanteras 1908 in Same?
Thursday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 22 Oct in SameDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:29 to 20:18.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1908 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 22 Oct in Same?
Dhanteras is on Thu 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:29 to 20:18.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:00 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:57–20:18. Trayodashi: 05:00 to 06:54 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2:30). 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 05:00 on Thu 22 Oct to 06:54 on Fri 23 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:57–20:18) 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.