Dhanteras 1987 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:33–20:31, Tue 20 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1987 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 20 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:33 to 20:31.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1987 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 20 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Tue 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:33 to 20:31.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:31. Trayodashi: 21:31 to 22:36 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:31. Trayodashi: 21:31 Mon to 22:36.
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 21:31 on Mon 19 Oct to 22:36 on Tue 20 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:03–20:31) 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.