Dhanteras 1971 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:48–20:33, Sat 16 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1971 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 16 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:48 to 20:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1971 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 16 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Sat 16 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:48 to 20:33.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:54 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:06–20:33. Trayodashi: 05:54 to 08:25 Sun.
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 05:54 on Sat 16 Oct to 08:25 on Sun 17 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:06–20:33) 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.