Dhanteras 1920 in Şefaatlı, Yozgat, Turkey Dhanteras puja muhurat 16:52–18:39, Sun 7 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1920 in Şefaatlı?
Sunday 7 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 7 Nov in ŞefaatlıDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:33–19:17. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:52 to 18:39.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1920 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 7 Nov in Şefaatlı?
Dhanteras is on Sun 7 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Mon 8 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:33–19:17. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:52 to 18:39.
Dwadashi until 16:35, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 16:35 to 16:38 Mon.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 16:38; then 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, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sun 7 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.