Dhanteras 1939 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:16–20:18, Wed 8 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+2:45
When is Dhanteras 1939 in Finote Selam?
Wednesday 8 November
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Full panchang for Wed 8 Nov in Finote SelamDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:31 to 20:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1939 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 8 Nov in Finote Selam?
Dhanteras is on Wed 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:31 to 20:33.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:05–20:33. Trayodashi: 17:31 to 15:05 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 15:05; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2:45). 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 17:31 on Wed 8 Nov to 15:05 on Thu 9 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:05–20:33) 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.