Dhanteras 1978 in Thazhecode, Kerala Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:05–20:29, Sun 29 Oct
Kerala, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1978 in Thazhecode?
Sunday 29 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 29 Oct in ThazhecodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:05 to 20:29.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1978 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 29 Oct in Thazhecode?
Dhanteras is on Sun 29 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:29. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:05 to 20:29.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:37 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:02–20:29. Trayodashi: 02:37 to 02:57 Mon.
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 02:37 on Sun 29 Oct to 02:57 on Mon 30 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:02–20:29) 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.