Dhanteras 1997 in Simrishamn, Skåne, Sweden Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:01–18:31, Tue 28 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1997 in Simrishamn?
Tuesday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 28 Oct in SimrishamnDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:32–19:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:01 to 18:31.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1997 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 28 Oct in Simrishamn?
Dhanteras is on Tue 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:32–19:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:01 to 18:31.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 04:32 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:32–19:25. Trayodashi: 04:32 to 07:03 Wed.
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 04:32 on Tue 28 Oct to 07:03 on Wed 29 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (16:32–19:25) 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.