Dhanteras 1981 in Thazhecode, Kerala Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:19–20:30, Sun 25 Oct
Kerala, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1981 in Thazhecode?
Sunday 25 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 25 Oct in ThazhecodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:19 to 20:30.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1981 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 25 Oct in Thazhecode?
Dhanteras is on Sun 25 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:19 to 20:30.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:05. Trayodashi: 21:05 to 22:17 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:30. Trayodashi: 21:05 Sat to 22:17.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 21:05 on Sat 24 Oct to 22:17 on Sun 25 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:03–20:30) 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.