Dhanteras 1982 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:52–20:43, Fri 12 Nov
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 1982 in Maclear?
Friday 12 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 12 Nov in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:39–20:43. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:52 to 20:43.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1982 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 12 Nov in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Fri 12 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:39–20:43. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:52 to 20:43.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:39–20:43. Trayodashi: 15:52 to 15:50 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 15:50; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 runs from 15:52 on Fri 12 Nov to 15:50 on Sat 13 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:39–20:43) 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.