Dhanteras 1979 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:41–20:32, Thu 18 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1979 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 18 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:41 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1979 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 18 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Thu 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:41 to 20:32.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 01:42 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Trayodashi: 01:42 to 04:08 Fri.
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 01:42 on Thu 18 Oct to 04:08 on Fri 19 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:04–20:32) 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.