Dhanteras 1960 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:41–20:32, Mon 17 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1960 in Pāthardi?
Monday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 17 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:41 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1960 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 17 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Mon 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Tue 18 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:41 to 20:32.
Dwadashi until 19:02, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:02 to 19:11 Tue.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:11; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 19:02 Mon to 19:11.
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 19:02 on Mon 17 Oct to 19:11 on Tue 18 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Mon 17 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.