Dhanteras 1996 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:15–20:15, Fri 8 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1996 in Pāthardi?
Friday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 8 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:15 to 20:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1996 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 8 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Fri 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:15 to 20:15.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Trayodashi: 10:19 to 10:47 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 10:47; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 10:19 on Fri 8 Nov to 10:47 on Sat 9 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:52–20:24) 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.