Dhanteras 1981 in Same, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:47–20:41, Sat 24 Oct
Festival · times in EAT
When is Dhanteras 1981 in Same?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in SameDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:47 to 20:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1981 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 24 Oct in Same?
Dhanteras is on Sat 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sun 25 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:47 to 20:41.
Dwadashi until 18:35, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:35 to 19:47 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:47; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:35 Sat to 19:47.
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 runs from 18:35 on Sat 24 Oct to 19:47 on Sun 25 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: 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.