Dhanteras 1997 in Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:56–20:24, Tue 28 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1997 in Temascal?
Tuesday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 28 Oct in TemascalDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:56 to 20:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1997 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 28 Oct in Temascal?
Dhanteras is on Tue 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:56 to 20:24.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:32. Trayodashi: 21:32 to 00:03 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:55–20:24. Trayodashi: 21:32 Mon to 00:03 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 21:32 on Mon 27 Oct to 00:03 on Wed 29 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:55–20:24) 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.