Dhanteras 1960 in Simrishamn, Skåne, Sweden Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:43–19:12, Mon 17 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1960 in Simrishamn?
Monday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 17 Oct in SimrishamnDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:57–19:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:43 to 19:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1960 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 17 Oct in Simrishamn?
Dhanteras is on Mon 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:57–19:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:43 to 19:12.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:57–19:42. Trayodashi: 14:32 to 14:41 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 14:41; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 14:32 Mon to 14:41.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 14:32 on Mon 17 Oct to 14:41 on Tue 18 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (16:57–19:42) 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.