Dhanteras 1920 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:14–20:13, Mon 8 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1920 in Pāthardi?
Monday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 8 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:14 to 20:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1920 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 8 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Mon 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sun 7 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:14 to 20:13.
Dwadashi until 20:05, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 20:05 to 20:08 Mon.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 20:08; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 20:05 Sun to 20:08.
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 20:05 on Sun 7 Nov to 20:08 on Mon 8 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Mon 8 Nov. 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.