Dhanteras 1918 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:51–19:42, Thu 31 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1918 in Chahārbāgh?
Thursday 31 October
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Full panchang for Thu 31 Oct in ChahārbāghDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:09–19:48. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:51 to 19:42.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1918 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 31 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
Dhanteras is on Thu 31 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:09–19:48. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:51 to 19:42.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:09–19:48. Trayodashi: 16:50 to 19:23 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:23; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:50 Thu to 19:23.
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 began at 16:50 on Thu 31 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:23 on Fri 1 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Thu 31 Oct. 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.