Dhanteras 1938 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:31–20:31, Thu 20 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1938 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 20 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:31 to 20:31.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1938 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 20 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Thu 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:31 to 20:31.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Trayodashi: 17:38 to 16:06 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 16:06; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:38 Thu to 16:06.
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 17:38 on Thu 20 Oct to 16:06 on Fri 21 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:03–20:31) 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.