Dhanteras 1979 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:58–20:23, Wed 17 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Dhanteras 1979 in Davinópolis?
Wednesday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 17 Oct in DavinópolisDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:58 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1979 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 17 Oct in Davinópolis?
Dhanteras is on Wed 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:58 to 20:23.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:02–20:23. Trayodashi: 17:12 to 19:38 Thu.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:38; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:12 Wed to 19:38.
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 began at 17:12 on Wed 17 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:38 on Thu 18 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Wed 17 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.