Dhanteras 1914 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:50–19:59, Fri 16 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1914 in Chahārbāgh?
Friday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 16 Oct in ChahārbāghDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:27–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:50 to 19:59.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1914 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 16 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
Dhanteras is on Fri 16 Oct: Trayodashi touches pradosha on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:27–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:50 to 19:59.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:11. Trayodashi: 20:11 to 17:11 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 17:11; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 20:11 Fri to 17:11.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:25). 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 20:11 on Fri 16 Oct to 17:11 on Sat 17 Oct, between the two evenings’ pradosha, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Fri 16 Oct. 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.