Dhanteras 1954 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:19–20:30, Sat 23 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1954 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 23 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:19 to 20:30.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1954 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 23 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Sat 23 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:19 to 20:30.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:30. Trayodashi: 16:55 to 18:46 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:46; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:55 Sat to 18:46.
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 16:55 on Sat 23 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:46 on Sun 24 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Sat 23 Oct. 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.