Dhanteras 1981 in Chibia, Huíla, Angola Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:38–20:23, Sat 24 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1981 in Chibia?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in ChibiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1981 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 24 Oct in Chibia?
Dhanteras is on Sat 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:23.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:06–20:23. Trayodashi: 16:35 to 17:47 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 17:47; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:35 Sat to 17:47.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 16:35 on Sat 24 Oct to 17:47 on Sun 25 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:06–20:23) 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.