Dhanteras 1981 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:06–20:34, Sat 24 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 1981 in Maclear?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:23–20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:06 to 20:34.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1981 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 24 Oct in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Sat 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:23–20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:06 to 20:34.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:23–20:34. Trayodashi: 17:35 to 18:47 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:47; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:35 Sat to 18:47.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 17:35 on Sat 24 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:47 on Sun 25 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Sat 24 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.