Dhanteras 1990 in Thazhecode, Kerala Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:00–20:33, Mon 15 Oct
Kerala, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1990 in Thazhecode?
Monday 15 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 15 Oct in ThazhecodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:08–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:00 to 20:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1990 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 15 Oct in Thazhecode?
Dhanteras is on Mon 15 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Tue 16 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:08–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:00 to 20:33.
Dwadashi until 18:21, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:21 to 18:53 Tue.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:53; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:21 Mon to 18:53.
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 18:21 on Mon 15 Oct to 18:53 on Tue 16 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Mon 15 Oct. 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.