Dhanteras 1922 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:55–20:23, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Dhanteras 1922 in Davinópolis?
Tuesday 17 October
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Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in DavinópolisDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:55 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1922 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 17 Oct in Davinópolis?
Dhanteras is on Tue 17 Oct: Trayodashi touches pradosha on neither evening, and the earlier day is taken.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:55 to 20:23.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:11. Trayodashi: 21:11 to 17:48 Wed.
Trayodashi ended at 17:48; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 21:11 Tue to 17:48.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 21:11 on Tue 17 Oct to 17:48 on Wed 18 Oct, between the two evenings’ pradosha, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Tue 17 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.