Dhanteras 1988 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:23–20:23, Sun 6 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1988 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 6 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:23 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1988 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 6 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Sun 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:23 to 20:23.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Trayodashi: 15:04 to 17:09 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 17:09; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 15:04 Sun to 17:09.
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 15:04 on Sun 6 Nov to 17:09 on Mon 7 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:53–20:25) 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.