Dhanteras 1982 in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:29–20:32, Fri 12 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1982 in Offa?
Friday 12 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 12 Nov in OffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:18–20:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:29 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1982 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 12 Nov in Offa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 12 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:18–20:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:29 to 20:32.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:18–20:45. Trayodashi: 14:52 to 14:50 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 14:50; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 runs from 14:52 on Fri 12 Nov to 14:50 on Sat 13 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:18–20:45) 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.