Dhanteras 1921 in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:25–20:46, Fri 28 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1921 in Offa?
Friday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 28 Oct in OffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:46. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:25 to 20:46.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1921 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 28 Oct in Offa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:46. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:25 to 20:46.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 06:55 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:20–20:46. Trayodashi: 06:55 to 04:35 Sat.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 06:55 on Fri 28 Oct to 04:35 on Sat 29 Oct, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:20–20:46) 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.