Dhanteras 1981 in Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:11–20:26, Sat 24 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1981 in Temascal?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in TemascalDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:26.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1981 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 24 Oct in Temascal?
Dhanteras is on Sat 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:26.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:57–20:26. Trayodashi: 09:35 to 10:47 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 10:47; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 09:35 on Sat 24 Oct to 10:47 on Sun 25 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:57–20:26) 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.