Dhanteras 1925 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:55–20:15, Wed 14 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1925 in Cuenca?
Wednesday 14 October
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Full panchang for Wed 14 Oct in CuencaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:55 to 20:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1925 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 14 Oct in Cuenca?
Dhanteras is on Wed 14 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:55 to 20:15.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:15. Trayodashi: 11:37 to 12:39 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 12:39; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5:14). 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 11:37 on Wed 14 Oct to 12:39 on Thu 15 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:53–20:15) falls within it. 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.