Dhanteras 1972 in Thazhecode, Kerala Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:43–20:28, Fri 3 Nov
Kerala, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1972 in Thazhecode?
Friday 3 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 3 Nov in ThazhecodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:43 to 20:28.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1972 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 3 Nov in Thazhecode?
Dhanteras is on Fri 3 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:00–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:43 to 20:28.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:40 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:00–20:28. Trayodashi: 00:40 to 02:27 Sat.
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 00:40 on Fri 3 Nov to 02:27 on Sat 4 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:00–20:28) 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.