Dhanteras 1941 in Simrishamn, Skåne, Sweden Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:40–20:09, Sat 18 Oct
Festival · times in CEST
When is Dhanteras 1941 in Simrishamn?
Saturday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Oct in SimrishamnDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:56–19:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:40 to 19:09.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1941 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 18 Oct in Simrishamn?
Dhanteras is on Sat 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:56–19:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:40 to 19:09.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:06 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:56–19:41. Trayodashi: 00:06 to 21:40.
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 00:06 on Sat 18 Oct to 21:40 on Sat 18 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (16:56–19:41) 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.