Dhanteras 1978 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:14–20:22, Sat 28 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Dhanteras 1978 in Davinópolis?
Saturday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 28 Oct in DavinópolisDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:14 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1978 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 28 Oct in Davinópolis?
Dhanteras is on Sat 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sun 29 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:14 to 20:22.
Dwadashi until 18:07, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:07 to 18:27 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:27; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:07 Sat to 18:27.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 18:07 on Sat 28 Oct to 18:27 on Sun 29 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 28 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.