Dhanteras 1953 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:35–20:26, Tue 3 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1953 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 3 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 3 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:35 to 20:26.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1953 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 3 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Tue 3 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:35 to 20:26.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:54–20:26. Trayodashi: 16:58 to 19:25 Wed.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:25; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:58 Tue to 19:25.
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 began at 16:58 on Tue 3 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:25 on Wed 4 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Tue 3 Nov. 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.