Dhanteras 1925 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:16–20:30, Wed 14 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 1925 in Maclear?
Wednesday 14 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 14 Oct in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:16–20:30. No fixed (sthira) lagna rises within pradosha here, so the whole of pradosha is given.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1925 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 14 Oct in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Wed 14 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Thu 15 Oct.
Dwadashi until 18:51, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:51 to 19:53 Thu.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:53; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:51 Wed to 19:53.
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 18:51 on Wed 14 Oct to 19:53 on Thu 15 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: 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.