Dhanteras 1913 in Libode, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:50–20:33, Mon 27 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 1913 in Libode?
Monday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 27 Oct in LibodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:23–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:50 to 20:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1913 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 27 Oct in Libode?
Dhanteras is on Mon 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:23–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:50 to 20:33.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:25 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:23–20:33. Trayodashi: 02:25 to 23:08.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 02:25 on Mon 27 Oct to 23:08 on Mon 27 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:23–20:33) 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.