Dhanteras 1979 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:49–20:01, Thu 18 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Dhanteras 1979 in Chahārbāgh?
Thursday 18 October
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Full panchang for Thu 18 Oct in ChahārbāghDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–20:01. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:49 to 20:01.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1979 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 18 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
Dhanteras is on Thu 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–20:01. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:49 to 20:01.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:42.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:28–20:01. Trayodashi: 23:42 Wed to 02:08 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 23:42 on Wed 17 Oct to 02:08 on Fri 19 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:28–20:01) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.