Dhanteras 1980 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:27–20:25, Wed 5 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1980 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 5 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 5 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:27 to 20:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1980 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 5 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Wed 5 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:27 to 20:25.
Dwadashi until 18:45, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:45 to 21:21 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Trayodashi: 18:45 Tue to 21:21.
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 18:45 on Tue 4 Nov to 21:21 on Wed 5 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Wed 5 Nov. 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.