Dhanteras 1920 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:07–20:41, Sun 7 Nov
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 1920 in Maclear?
Sunday 7 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 7 Nov in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:35–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 20:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1920 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 7 Nov in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Sun 7 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:35–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 20:41.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:35–20:41. Trayodashi: 16:35 to 16:38 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 16:38; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:35 Sun to 16:38.
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 16:35 on Sun 7 Nov to 16:38 on Mon 8 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:35–20:41) 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.