Dhanteras 1916 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:13–20:29, Tue 24 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1916 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 24 October
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Full panchang for Tue 24 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:13 to 20:29.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1916 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 24 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Tue 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:13 to 20:29.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 03:17 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:00–20:29. Trayodashi: 03:17 to 03:32 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 03:17 on Tue 24 Oct to 03:32 on Wed 25 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:00–20:29) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.