Dhanteras 1925 in Chibia, Huíla, Angola Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:16–20:22, Wed 14 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1925 in Chibia?
Wednesday 14 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 14 Oct in ChibiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:16 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1925 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 14 Oct in Chibia?
Dhanteras is on Wed 14 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:16 to 20:22.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:22. Trayodashi: 17:51 to 18:53 Thu.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:53; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:51 Wed to 18:53.
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 began at 17:51 on Wed 14 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:53 on Thu 15 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Wed 14 Oct. 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.