Dhanteras 1956 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:46–20:26, Wed 31 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1956 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 31 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 31 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:46 to 20:26.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1956 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 31 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Wed 31 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:46 to 20:26.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:04 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:56–20:26. Trayodashi: 02:04 to 00:24 Thu.
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 02:04 on Wed 31 Oct to 00:24 on Thu 1 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:56–20:26) 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.