Dhanteras 1936 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:02–20:01, Wed 11 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1936 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 11 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 11 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:02 to 20:01.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1936 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 11 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Wed 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:02 to 20:01.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:30 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Trayodashi: 02:30 to 05:03 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 02:30 on Wed 11 Nov to 05:03 on Thu 12 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:51–20:24) 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.