Dhanteras 1916 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:30–20:22, Mon 23 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Dhanteras 1916 in Davinópolis?
Monday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 23 Oct in DavinópolisDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1916 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 23 Oct in Davinópolis?
Dhanteras is on Mon 23 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Tue 24 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:22.
Dwadashi until 18:47, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:47 to 19:02 Tue.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:02; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:47 Mon to 19:02.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 18:47 on Mon 23 Oct to 19:02 on Tue 24 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Mon 23 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.