Dhanteras 1981 in Simrishamn, Skåne, Sweden Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:17–18:46, Sat 24 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1981 in Simrishamn?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in SimrishamnDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:17 to 18:46.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1981 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 24 Oct in Simrishamn?
Dhanteras is on Sat 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:17 to 18:46.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:41–19:31. Trayodashi: 16:35 to 17:47 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 17:47; then 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 began at 16:35 on Sat 24 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 17:47 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.